Domestic Violence in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Feminist Reading

Parmis Tasharofi

Abstract


Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the acclaimed boldly feminist novels of the 20th century. In general, this article draws on feminism and what looms large in feminism which is called sexism. In particular it focuses on domestic violence as a major sexist oppression. Domestic violence aroused by jealousy, anger, coercion, humiliation, threatening is manifest in verbal and physical abusing of women. Hurston skillfully depicts her heroine's undergoing of domestic violence by her husbands, each in different ways. This article aims to show that how the black heroine's battling with this violence purports to feminism and self-discovery of women.


Keywords


Patriarchy, Domestic household, Domestic violence, Sexism, Feminism

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.3n.4p.120

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