Zora Neale Hurston

Exploring Zora Neale Hurston's life and work through a decolonial lens, this book traces Hurston's journey from her early life (1891-1919) and struggles at the margins (1920-1930) to her peak as a pioneering ethnographer and writer (1931-1956) and her later years (1957-1960). Examining her navigation of a hostile academic environment, it highlights her redefinition of Black autonomy and diasporic identity. Through personal and political narratives, including Barracoon, it underscores Hurston's enduring influence on Anthropology and contemporary Black thought.

About the author

Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier is an Assistant Professor at UFRN and as a scientific assessor at the Ministry of Racial Equality. She has received recognition from UNESCO-Untref and TWAS-UNESCO Fellowship. She has written, translated, and published numerous reviews, essays, scientific articles and poems in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Peti Mama Gomes is an Assistant Professor at UFC-UNILAB. Her research focuses on political anthropology, gender, Diaspora, power, epistemologies, and human rights. She has worked as a TV journalist in Guinea-Bissau and is an active member of the International Network of African Women (RIMA-Unilab). She is currently collaborating on the University Community Project ‘Teia’ at UFPA, Brazil.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier, Peti Mama Gomes
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.06.2026
• EAN: 9781836953517
• ISBN: 978-1-83695-351-7
• No. of pages: 110
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Anthropology's Ancestors
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to African American / Black American people, Anthropology (General)