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You Dont Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

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Full Title:

You Dont Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

Contributors:

By (Author) Zora Neale Hurston
Introduction by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Edited by Genevieve West

ISBN:

9780008522971

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HQ

Publication Date:

21st March 2022

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

305.896073

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

464

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 34mm

Weight:

570g

Description

One of the greatest writers of our time. Toni Morrison

You Dont Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston her words make it impossible for readers to consider her anything but one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century. The New York Times Book Review
With an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Genevieve West

The first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston

You Dont Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the worlds most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, Montgomery bus boycott, desegregation of the military, and school integration, Hurstons writing articulates the beauty and authenticity of Black life as only she could.

Collectively, these essays showcase the roles enslavement and Jim Crow have played in intensifying Black peoples inner lives and culture rather than destroying it. She argues that in the process of surviving, Black people re-interpreted every aspect of American culture"modif[ying] the language, mode of food preparation, practice of medicine, and most certainly religion. White supremacy prevents the world from seeing or completely recognizing Black people in their full humanity and Hurston made it her job to lift the veil and reveal the heart and soul of the race. These pages reflect Hurston as the controversial figure she was someone who stated that feminism is a mirage and that the integration of schools did not necessarily improve the education of Black students. Also covered is the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing her lover, a white doctor.

Demonstrating the breadth of this revered and influential writers work, You Dont Know Us Negroes and Other Essays is an invaluable chronicle of a writers development and a window into her world and mind.

Reviews

Reading Hurston, you always wonder what shape her dignity will take next. Her style and spark were her own. The New York Times

Fierce, insightful and often devilishly funny, her satirical writing is particularly biting. The Observer

In these essays, which cover themes of race, gender and politics, her writing is characterised by an impish relish that remains both shocking and invigorating today. Financial Times Online

You Dont Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston, who was a tireless crusader in all her writing, and ahead of her time. Though she was often misunderstood, sometimes maligned and occasionally dismissed, her words make it impossible for readers to consider her anything but one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century. Despite facing sexism, racism and general ignorance, Hurston managed to produce a written legacy that, thanks to enduring collections like this one, will engage readers for generations to come. The New York Times Book Review

This collection recognises one of the finest writers of the 20th century. The Sunday Express

Author Bio

Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, was deemed "one of the greatest writers of our time" by Toni Morrison. With the publication of Lies and Other Tall Tales, The Skull Talks Back, and What's the Hurry, Fox new generations will be introduced to Hurston's legacy. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, in 1891, and died in 1960.

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