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Title Zora Neale Hurston and a history of southern life / Tiffany Ruby Patterson.
Author Patterson, Tiffany Ruby, 1946-
Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2005.
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Description ix, 229 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Series Critical perspectives on the past
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-216) and index.
Subject Hurston, Zora Neale -- Characters -- African Americans.
African Americans -- Southern States -- Historiography.
Hurston, Zora Neale -- Knowledge -- Southern States.
Literature and folklore -- Southern States.
Literature and history -- Southern States.
Southern States -- In literature.
African Americans in literature.
ISBN 9781592132898
1592132898 (cloth : alk. paper)
1592132901 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $22.95