Mules and Men

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Mules and Men is a 1935 collection of African American folktales and hoodoo ethnography by Zora Neale Hurston, blending anthropological fieldwork with literary storytelling.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
ethnography
folklore collection
author Zora Neale Hurston
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts African American life in the early 20th century American South
oral storytelling traditions
firstEditionFormat print
genre African American folklore
anthropology
ethnography
nonfiction
hasCriticalReception recognized as a classic of African American folklore
hasIllustrationType none or minimal illustrations
hasNarrativeStyle blend of anthropological fieldwork and literary storytelling
hasPart Part One: Folk Tales
Part Two: Hoodoo
hasPerspective first-person ethnographic narrator
hasReprint Harper Perennial
surface form: Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition
hasTheme community and tradition
power of storytelling
race and culture in the American South
religion and magic
influenced African American studies
cultural anthropology
folklore studies
isAbout folk narratives collected from African Americans in Florida
hoodoo rituals in New Orleans
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification GR103 .H8
literaryForm prose
mainCharacter Zora Neale Hurston
mediaType print book
movement Harlem Renaissance
notableFor documentation of hoodoo practices
early anthropological study of African American folklore
oclcNumber 2134135
publicationYear 1935
publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co.
relatedWork Tell My Horse
Their Eyes Were Watching God
settingLocation Florida
New Orleans
subject African American culture
African American folktales
Hoodoo
Southern United States
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century
writtenBy Zora Neale Hurston

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