Looking Back from Zora: or Talking Out Both Sides my Mouth for Those Who Have Two Ears

P. Gabrielle Foreman, Occidental College

Abstract

Issues of representation and problematic address are considered in the works of several black women writers, including Zora Neale Hurston and Nella Larsen. These writers "talk out both sides" of their mouths and mediate their messages about representing race, gender and power.