{"product_id":"every-tub-must-sit-on-its-own-bottom-the-philosophy-and-politics-of-zora-neale-hurston-9780252021831","title":"Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston","description":"\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Plant, Deborah G.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252021831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.25w x 0.85d","brand":"Deborah G. Plant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39290343293003,"sku":"9780252021831","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a07e2e4a-0f9e-4b89-8f64-7e03cfc21f2a.jpg?v=1617079032","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/every-tub-must-sit-on-its-own-bottom-the-philosophy-and-politics-of-zora-neale-hurston-9780252021831","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}