Examines Zora Neale Hurston's work, particularly her collection of folklore and ethnography of the American South, "Mules and Men." Looks at the author's role, the ways the ethnographer inscribes herself into the text, and speculates about Hurston's understanding of the limits of the impersonal researcher.
Zora Neale Hurston's 1938 book of Caribbean folklore, 'Tell My Horse,' indicates her cross-cultural interest in identity politics, Caribbean history and religion
