{"product_id":"an-analysis-of-zora-heale-hurstons-characteristics-of-negro-expression-paperback","title":"An Analysis of Zora Heale Hurston's Characteristics of Negro Expression - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMercedes Aguirre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Lempert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA critical analysis of African-American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston' 1934 essay \u003cem\u003eCharacteristics of Negro Expression: \u003c\/em\u003eA crushing evaluation of the many racial prejudices of 1930s America, including a common presumption that African American art was unoriginal - merely poorly copying white culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHurston's approach and premises may seem in many ways dated to modern readers, but the essay still shows an incisive mind carefully evaluating arguments and cutting them down to size. African-American art of the time did not - Hurston influentially argued - play by the same rules as white art, so it could not meaningfully be discussed by 'white' notions of aesthetic value. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere white European tradition views art as something fixed, Hurston saw African-American art works as a distinctive form of mimicry, reshaping and altering the original object until it became something new and novel. In this way, she contended, African-American creative expression is a process that generates its own form of originality - turning borrowed material into something original and unique. By carefully evaluating the relevance of previous arguments, Hurston showed African American artistic expression in an entirely new light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Mercedes Aguirre\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a PhD in American literature from University College, London. She is currently Curator of North American Published Collections at the British Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Ben Lempert\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a PhD in rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley for his research on form and voice in post-war American jazz and poetry. He has held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford and his research interests focus on the idea of race as it plays out in poetry, music, and fiction. Dr Lempert currently teaches college courses on literature, film, music, and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796798243104,"sku":"9781912128112","price":14.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0c820813fbd1b50601b1a6726cd122ea.webp?v=1780767899","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-analysis-of-zora-heale-hurstons-characteristics-of-negro-expression-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}