Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1990
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Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a multi-genre writer and anthropologist who focused on the African diaspora in the American South and the Caribbean. Hurston incorporated both autobiographical elements and her anthropological fieldwork into her fiction; for example, Their Eyes Were Watching God is set in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first self-governing, all-Black communities in the U.S. and Hurston's hometown.
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a multi-genre writer and anthropologist who focused on the African diaspora in the American South and the Caribbean. Hurston incorporated both autobiographical elements and her anthropological fieldwork into her fiction; for example, Their Eyes Were Watching God is set in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first self-governing, all-Black communities in the U.S. and Hurston's hometown.
Artifact
Book
Date Made
1990
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2020.0.1.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Bookbinding (Process)
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 5.25 in
: 0.625 in