Slow Violence, Sacrifice, and Survival: Environmental Catastrophe as (Eco)Feminist Freedom in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

Slow Violence, Sacrifice, and Survival: Environmental Catastrophe as (Eco)Feminist Freedom in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston makes visible ‘slow violence’ and ‘sacrifice zones’ to establish a feminist future for her protagonist, Janie. The novel shows a fictional rendering of the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, a storm that Janie survives. In this article, the Author conte...

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Main Author: Nelson, Holly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2024-12-01
Series:Lagoonscapes
Subjects:
African American Studies. Ecocriticism. Ecofeminism. Harlem Renaissance. Intersectionality. Sacrifice zones. Slow violence
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2024/02/010
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