{"product_id":"zora-neale-hurston-and-the-legacy-of-black-feminism-desire-as-power-9781350405677","title":"Zora Neale Hurston and the Legacy of Black Feminism: Desire as Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first extended examination into the structure of influence of Zora Neale Hurston's work on major Black women writers, an idea that has been widely accepted, this book explores Hurston's impact on such authors as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, Rita Dove, and Tracy K. Smith.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing specifically on the concept of desire as a liberatory idiom and as the highest expression of self-consciousness and personhood, Chielozona Eze delves into the ethical and social assumptions of Hurston's aesthetics and feminist visions and their manifestations in the works of the Black women writers who came after her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough philosophical conceptions of desire, and zoning in on Hurston's \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e and its protagonist Janie Crawford, Eze unlocks crucial conceptual and analytic trajectories regarding debates on freedom, personhood and Black feminism, and how such rich interiority appears in key works by Black women. Surveying fiction including\u003ci\u003e The Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e, and poetry collections such as \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars, The Body's Question\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow House on the Corner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThomas and Beulah\u003c\/i\u003e, this book is a remarkable intervention with important implications for our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chielozona Eze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Studies in Global Women's Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350405677","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175679058057,"sku":"9781350405677","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a40c38c7-600c-4bda-abbb-b81373e268a9.jpg?v=1768891848","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/zora-neale-hurston-and-the-legacy-of-black-feminism-desire-as-power-9781350405677","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}