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Joy and Love in Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring’s 1944 Black Feminist Musical Polk County

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2021

Eric M. Glover
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Abstract

What makes Zora Neale Hurston different as a musical theatre writer is her concern about the creation of safe spaces for black women actors. By looking at the theatrical representation of black women in Hurston and Dorothy Waring’s Polk County, it is possible to see ways in which they resist intersecting oppressions of gender and race. Hurston’s adaptation of the blues and folk music for the musical is also subject to analysis, as is her lasting impact on musical theatre.

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TDR , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , June 2021 , pp. 45 - 62
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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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