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Exploring Zora Neale Hurston’s life and work through a decolonial lens, this book traces Hurston’s journey from her early life (1891–1919) and struggles at the margins (1920–1930) to her peak as a pioneering ethnographer and writer (1931–1956) and her later years (1957–1960). Examining her navigation of a hostile academic environment, it highlights her redefinition of Black autonomy and diasporic identity. Through personal and political narratives, including Barracoon, it underscores Hurston’s enduring influence on Anthropology and contemporary Black thought.
“This book offers an insightful and innovative approach to Hurston’s oeuvre. By applying a transatlantic and decolonial reflexivity, it sheds new light on Hurston’s work through a Black feminist lens from the Global South.” • Gabriel Chagas, University of Miami
Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier is an Assistant Professor at UFRN and as a scientific assessor at the Ministry of Racial Equality. She has received recognition from UNESCO-Untref and TWAS-UNESCO Fellowship. She has written, translated, and published numerous reviews, essays, scientific articles and poems in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
List of Figures
Foreword
Kimberley D. McKinson
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Tracing Diasporas in a Colonised World
Chapter 1. Steps of a Chronology
Chapter 2. Early Life (1891–1919)
Chapter 3. At the Margins (1920–1930)
Chapter 4. A Glass Ceiling (1931–1956)
Chapter 5. Barracoon, a Case Study
Chapter 6. Her Last Days (1957–1960)
Conclusion
References
Index