Zora Neale Hurston
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Killens and Ward (1992) describe Zora Neale Hurston as one of the ômost important literary figuresö of the Harlem Renaissance and the 1930s (21). King (1998) maintains that Hurston represented a ôpioneer in the attempt to define the totality of Afro-American women in literature and anthropological studiesö (117). The aspect of ônamingö is critical to HurstonÆs literary output, a symbol of the struggle of African-Americans to affirm an individual identity that is free, autonomous, independent and strong. African-American womenÆs oppression at the hands of dominant white society and patriarchal Black male society often suppress Black female identity. HurstonÆs works demonstrate that through such processes as naming, African-American women achieve self-liberation.HurstonÆs (1978) novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, illustrates the story of Janie and her quest of self, which finally guides her to a place where she is able to define and name herself. This is true despite an oppressive society that hopes to deny her power because she is a Black female. The theme of the story is JanieÆs search for a name or identity of her o
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