Afrocentrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
This essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication s...
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KANINA335682022-05-31T02:51:28Z Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God Afrocentrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God Marín Calderón, Norman Afrocentrism women gaze visibility visual experience communication Afrocentrism women gaze visibility visual experience communication This essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication system based on sight and visual understanding. That is, the visual takes over the impossibility of black women to express themselves verbally: instead of voice there is sight. This essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication system based on sight and visual understanding. That is, the visual takes over the impossibility of black women to express themselves verbally: instead of voice there is sight. Universidad de Costa Rica. Campus Rodrigo Facio. Sitio web: https://www.ucr.ac.cr/ Teléfono: (506) 2511-4000. Correo de soporte: revistas@ucr.ac.cr 2018-06-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/33568 10.15517/rk.v42i1.33568 Káñina; Vol. 42 No. 1 (2018): Káñina (March-June); 261-269 Káñina; Vol. 42 Núm. 1 (2018): Káñina (Marzo-Junio); 261-269 Káñina; Vol. 42 N.º 1 (2018): Káñina (Marzo-Junio); 261-269 2215-2636 0378-0473 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/33568/33092 Derechos de autor 2018 Káñina |
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This essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication system based on sight and visual understanding. That is, the visual takes over the impossibility of black women to express themselves verbally: instead of voice there is sight. |
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Afrocentrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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Afrocentrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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