Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1990

Summary

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

Book Collection 

 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

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