Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

This essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication s...

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Autor: Marín Calderón, Norman
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
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women
gaze
visibility
visual experience
communication
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spelling Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching GodAfrocentrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching GodMarín Calderón, NormanAfrocentrismwomengazevisibilityvisual experiencecommunicationAfrocentrismwomengazevisibilityvisual experiencecommunicationThis essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication system based on sight and visual understanding. That is, the visual takes over the impossibility of black women to express themselves verbally: instead of voice there is sight.This essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication system based on sight and visual understanding. That is, the visual takes over the impossibility of black women to express themselves verbally: instead of voice there is sight.Universidad de Costa Rica. Campus Rodrigo Facio. Sitio web: https://www.ucr.ac.cr/ Teléfono: (506) 2511-4000. Correo de soporte: revistas@ucr.ac.cr2018-06-06info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticleartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/3356810.15517/rk.v42i1.33568Káñina; Vol. 42 No. 1 (2018): Káñina (March-June); 261-269Káñina; Vol. 42 Núm. 1 (2018): Káñina (Marzo-Junio); 261-269Káñina; Vol. 42 N.º 1 (2018): Káñina (Marzo-Junio); 261-2692215-26360378-0473reponame:Portal de Revistas UCRinstname:Universidad de Costa Ricainstacron:UCRspahttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/33568/33092Derechos de autor 2018 Káñinaacceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-05-31T02:51:28Zoai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/33568Portal de revistashttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/Universidadhttp://www.ucr.ac.crhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/index/oaijorge.polanco@ucr.ac.crCosta RicaNo aplicaNo aplicaNo aplicaopendoar:2025-08-13T10:00:27.695Portal de Revistas UCR - Universidad de Costa Ricafalse
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Afrocentrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
title Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
spellingShingle Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
Marín Calderón, Norman
Afrocentrism
women
gaze
visibility
visual experience
communication
Afrocentrism
women
gaze
visibility
visual experience
communication
title_short Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
title_full Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
title_fullStr Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
title_full_unstemmed Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
title_sort Afrocetrism, gaze and visual experience in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Marín Calderón, Norman
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Afrocentrism
women
gaze
visibility
visual experience
communication
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women
gaze
visibility
visual experience
communication
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women
gaze
visibility
visual experience
communication
Afrocentrism
women
gaze
visibility
visual experience
communication
description This essay focuses on how, in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), African American women get noticed through the use of gaze and visual experience. The marginalization African American women have experienced over the years makes them produce an alternative communication system based on sight and visual understanding. That is, the visual takes over the impossibility of black women to express themselves verbally: instead of voice there is sight.
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