The chase and ruins : Zora Neale Hurston in Honduras / Sharony Green.

Author/creator Green, Sharony Andrews author.
Format Book
PublicationBaltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Copyright Date©2023
Descriptionxv, 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Zora Neale Hurston in Honduras
Abstract "The author recovers an understudied but important period in Zora Neale Hurston's life: her 1947-48 stay in Honduras. Hurston - an anthropologist by training - was officially searching for a "lost" Maya ruin. But the author argues that Hurston was also engaged in a much more personal project: in escaping the Jim Crow south to Central America, she was able to sidestep wearying conversations about race in the United States, while still embracing her privilege (and power) as a citizen of the United States in postwar Central America"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2022038714
ISBN9781421446660
ISBN1421446669 hardcover ; acid-free paper
ISBNelectronic book