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Violence as Voice: "The maiden language" and Testimony in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

Panel: 
African American Literature
Abstract: 

How do Janie's encounters with legal institutions focus the text's notions of race, sexuality, social identity, and black femininity? How do alternative modes of language and narration, particularly violence, respond to legal and social marginalization and assert Janie's autonomy as lover and woman?

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Joyce Pualani
Last Name: 
Warren
Institution: 
University of California, Los Angeles