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Every tub must sit on its own bottom : the philosophy and politics of Zora Neale Hurston  Cover Image Book Book

Every tub must sit on its own bottom : the philosophy and politics of Zora Neale Hurston

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  • ISBN: 0252021835 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • Physical Description: x, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1995.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. [201]-210.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : The reclamation of an intellectual life -- Metaphors of self, language, and the will-to-power -- "Every tub must sit on its own bottom" : a philosophical worldview -- African American folklore as style, theme, and strategy -- The folk preacher and folk sermon form -- Politics, parody, power, and Moses, man of the mountain -- Politics of self : ambivalences, paradoxes, and ironies of race, color, sex, class, and gender -- Conclusion : The essence of owning oneself.
Subject: Hurston, Zora Neale > Political and social views.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Philosophy.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Afro-Americans > Politics and government.
Afro-American philosophy in literature.
Afro-Americans in literature.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at State Library of Alabama.

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