Cheryl R Hopson

This book explores the creativity and life of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), the most published African American woman writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Her life spanned a period of rapid technological change and advancement, alongside enduring racial stratification. A Barnard-educated anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist, Hurston was a modern woman on the move. As Cheryl R. Hopson...