Dust Tracks on a Road
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Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston’s 1942 autobiography, chronicling her life from a Southern Black childhood to her emergence as a prominent writer and anthropologist.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiography
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book ⓘ |
| author | Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception |
mixed at time of publication
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reappraised positively in late 20th century ⓘ |
| depicts |
Hurston's anthropological fieldwork
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Hurston's childhood in Eatonville ⓘ Hurston's education ⓘ Hurston's literary career ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060916503 ⓘ |
| hasParatext | introduction by later editors in modern editions ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEdition | posthumous editions with restored passages ⓘ |
| includedIn | African American literature canon ⓘ |
| influenced |
African American autobiography
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Black feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PS3515.U789 Z468 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial treatment of race and politics
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portrayal of Black Southern culture ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 230636 ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 300 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher |
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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surface form:
J. B. Lippincott Company
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| relatedWork |
Mules and Men
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Tell My Horse ⓘ Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ |
| setting |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Eatonville, Florida
|
| subject |
African American women
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Southern Black life ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ anthropology ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural memory
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gender and autonomy ⓘ individualism ⓘ race and identity ⓘ self-definition ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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