{"product_id":"an-analysis-of-zora-heale-hurstons-characteristics-of-negro-expression-9781912128112","title":"An Analysis of Zora Heale Hurston's","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWays In to the Text Who was Zora Heale Hurston? What does \u003ci\u003eCharacteristics of Negro Expression \u003c\/i\u003eSay? Why does \u003cem\u003eCharacteristics of Negro Expression \u003c\/em\u003eMatter? \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1: Influences \u003c\/b\u003eModule 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution \u003cb\u003eSection 2: Ideas \u003c\/b\u003eModule 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work \u003cb\u003eSection 3: Impact \u003c\/b\u003eModule 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macat International Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470287802711,"sku":"9781912128112","price":8.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781912128112.jpg?v=1744897894","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-analysis-of-zora-heale-hurstons-characteristics-of-negro-expression-9781912128112","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}