Abstract
The chapter analyzes black sexual politics in Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" and William Faulkner's short story "That Evening Sun" and connects racial oppression of the time to the localized domestic abuse found in both stories. While contrasting the authors' use of blues, the chapter concludes that Faulkner's Jesus and Hurston's Sykes perform violent versions of masculinity to reclaim the power denied to them by a racially oppressive society.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Faulkner and Hurston |
| Subtitle of host publication | Faulkner Conference Series |
| Editors | Christopher Rieger, Andrew B Leiter |
| Publisher | Southeast Missouri State University Press |
| Pages | 91-110 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780997926217 |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Faulkner Conference Series |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Southeast Missouri State University Press |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Scopus Subject Areas
- Literature and Literary Theory
Keywords
- American literature
- 1900-1999
- Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960)
- African American writers
- 'Sweat'
- short story
- perspective
- Black-White relations
- gender
- domestic violence
- racism
- oppression
- blues song
- Faulkner, William (1897-1962)
- 'That Evening Sun'
- folk literature
- folk poetry
- folk song
- United States
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