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Article: The Performative Visual Anthropology Films of Zora Neale Hurston.
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- Film Criticism
- Article date:
- September 22, 1998
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The spirit of innovation characterizes the work of Zora Neale Hurston, in both film and in the literary arts. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Zora Neale Hurston developed fluency in an astounding number of fields, from playwright, novelist to performer, folklorist, and anthropologist. Historically, the political climate in both the arts and intellectual worlds kept her from earning the recognition she so deserved during her lifetime. Fortunately, she has posthumously gained this recognition through the reissue of her diverse writings, the staging of plays by and about her, and in the writings of contemporary authors such as Alice Walker. Her literary work is currently being ...