@article{ART002253558},
author={Jungman Park},
title={“I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing},
journal={Journal of Modern English Drama},
issn={1226-3397},
year={2017},
volume={30},
number={2},
pages={169-192}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jungman Park
TI - “I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing
JO - Journal of Modern English Drama
PY - 2017
VL - 30
IS - 2
PB - 한국현대영미드라마학회
SP - 169
EP - 192
SN - 1226-3397
AB - Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), an African-American female writer and anthropologist in the Harlem Renaissance era, had a great interest in the verbal patterns of Southern blacks. Among the black language patterns collected and recorded during her field trips for anthology projects is the verbal contention style called ‘woofing,’ which best expresses the African-American folks’ volubility and sense of humor. In Huston’s literature the woofing frequently happens in verbal contest between black men and women, and mostly employed as a narrative strategy to empower women in the course of the sex battle. It mostly turns out that black women, the physical and social weak in the patriarchal culture of black society, are endowed with the verbal ability and consequently take the lead in most of the verbal contention situations. Hurston’s one-act play Woofing (1931), in particular, highlights the African-American folks’ verbal aspects of woofing as what Cheryl A. Wall calls the means by which women gain access to power. This study examines the verbal contention pattern of African-American folks in the play, especially focusing on the situation of sexual confrontation between black men and women. Furthermore, this study extends to discussion on related implications found in the play such as women's narrative, women’s space and the empowerment of women.
KW - Zora Neale Hurston;Woofing;Narrative Strategy;Verbal Contention;Sex Battle;Gender Role;Empowerment
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Jungman Park. (2017). “I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing. Journal of Modern English Drama, 30(2), 169-192.
Jungman Park. 2017, "“I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing", Journal of Modern English Drama, vol.30, no.2 pp.169-192.
Jungman Park "“I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing" Journal of Modern English Drama 30.2 pp.169-192 (2017) : 169.
Jungman Park. “I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing. 2017; 30(2), 169-192.
Jungman Park. "“I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing" Journal of Modern English Drama 30, no.2 (2017) : 169-192.
Jungman Park. “I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing. Journal of Modern English Drama, 30(2), 169-192.
Jungman Park. “I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing. Journal of Modern English Drama. 2017; 30(2) 169-192.
Jungman Park. “I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing. 2017; 30(2), 169-192.
Jungman Park. "“I don’t need no lazy coon lak you nohow”: Women's Narrative, Space, and Empowerment in Hurston’s Woofing" Journal of Modern English Drama 30, no.2 (2017) : 169-192.
