The search for one’s own voice in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their eyes were watching god
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 10 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.106-117, 12 p.
Publisher
Algiers 2 University Abou el Kacem Saâdallah
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
African American women in the United States of America were doubly oppressed by racism and by patriarchy.
Any attempt from them to raise the issue of their subordination within the home or to change the drastic situation in which they lived, was condemned by the patriarchal system as a blasphemous attempt to trespass the communal laws and destroy the sacred structure of the family.
The present paper aims at showing how these women attempt to declare their subject hood in a paternalistic society that insists upon their object status through an analysis of the character of Janie in Zora Neale Hurston's novel, «Their eyes were watching god» (1937).
As will be argued in this article, Zora Neale Hurston aims, in her novel, to deconstruct the negative vision of womanhood as framed by the male-dominated discourse and give voice to women to express their selfhood.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kaced, Asya. 2017. The search for one’s own voice in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their eyes were watching god. Afkar wa Affak،Vol. 2017, no. 10, pp.106-117.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-869282
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kaced, Asya. The search for one’s own voice in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their eyes were watching god. Afkar wa Affak No. 10 (2017), pp.106-117.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-869282
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kaced, Asya. The search for one’s own voice in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their eyes were watching god. Afkar wa Affak. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 10, pp.106-117.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-869282
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Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-869282