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Zora Neale Hurston and a
History of Southern Life
In the series
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Zora Neale Hurston
and a
History
of
Southern Life
Tiffany Ruby Patterson
Temple University Press
Philadelphia
For
Esther Houston Patterson
(1926–2002)
A wounded healer who fought her way to life
and taught us how to live and love.
Thank you for your spirit, your love, and for making me
resilient and free.
For
Turner Patterson
(1918– )
Thank you for your quiet love, your certain loyalty,
and your sense of humor.
You kept your promise: neither I nor my siblings or
mother ever wore patches. I love you for that.
Temple University Press
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Copyright © 2005 by Temple University
All rights reserved
Published 2005
Printed in the United States of America
Excerpts from Hurston’s works used with the permission of the Zora Neale Hurston
Trust.
The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National
Standard for Information Sciences–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,
ANSI Z39.48-1992
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Patterson, Tiffany Ruby
Zora Neale Hurston and a history of southern life / Tiffany Ruby Patterson.
p. cm. — (Critical perspectives on the past)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-59213-289-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-59213-290-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Hurston, Zora Neale—Characters—African Americans. 2. African Ameri-
cans—Southern States—Historiography. 3. Hurston, Zora Neale—Knowledge—
Southern States. 4. Literature and folklore—Southern States. 5. Literature and
history—Southern States. 6. Southern States—In literature. 7. African Americans
in literature. I. Title. II. Series.
PS3515.U789Z797 2005
813'.52—dc22
2004058855
246897531
Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Prologue
1
Introduction: Rootedness—The History of
Private Life
5
1
Reconstructing Past Presents
19
2
Portraits of the South: Zora Neale Hurston’s
Politics of Place
32
3
A Place between Home and Horror
50
4
Sex and Color in Eatonville, Florida
90
5
A Transient World of Labor
128
6
Patronage: Anatomy of a Predicament
159
Epilogue
183
Notes
185
Index
217
Photo gallery follows page 112
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