{"product_id":"every-tub-must-sit-on-its-own-bottom","title":"Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e     \"Plant's study is sorely\u003cbr\u003e         needed at this point in the evolving critical assessment of Hurston. It\u003cbr\u003e         is a paradigm for the study of individual African American women writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e         -- Alice Deck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003cbr\u003e       In a ground-breaking study\u003cbr\u003e         of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant takes issue with current notions\u003cbr\u003e         of Hurston as a feminist and earlier impressions of her as an intellectual\u003cbr\u003e         lightweight who disregarded serious issues of race in American culture.\u003cbr\u003e         Instead, Plant calls Hurston a \"writer of resistance\" who challenged\u003cbr\u003e         the politics of domination both in her life and in her work. One of the\u003cbr\u003e         great geniuses of the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston stands out as a strong\u003cbr\u003e         voice for African-American women. Her anthropological inquiries as well\u003cbr\u003e         as her evocative prose provide today's readers with a rich history of\u003cbr\u003e         African American folk culture, a folk culture through which Hurston expressed\u003cbr\u003e         her personal and political strategy of resistance and self-empowerment.\u003cbr\u003e       Through readings of Hurston's\u003cbr\u003e         fiction and autobiographical writings, Plant offers one of the first book-length\u003cbr\u003e         discussions of Hurston's personal philosophy of individualism and self-preservation.\u003cbr\u003e         From a discussion of Hurston's preacher father and influential mother,\u003cbr\u003e         whose guiding philosophy is reflected in the title of this book, to the\u003cbr\u003e         influence of Spinoza and Nietzsche, Plant puts into perspective the driving\u003cbr\u003e         forces behind Hurston's powerful prose.\u003cbr\u003e       This fresh look at one of\u003cbr\u003e         the most important writers of the twentieth century is sure to shape future\u003cbr\u003e         study of Hurston and her work.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deborah G. Plant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616026190204,"sku":"9780252021831","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780252021831_37aedfc4-7b6b-4ac6-94f1-e2f3dde98dae.jpg?v=1726049706","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/every-tub-must-sit-on-its-own-bottom","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}