nPostednon January 7, 2015
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Inlike the sound of Zola Neale Hurston! She is an author (one of thenbest jobs in the world, in my opinion, but I think that partlynbecause I’m one, too), an anthropologist (the study of humans isnalways fascinating), and best of all a folklorist!
Inlike the sound of Zola Neale Hurston! She is an author (one of thenbest jobs in the world, in my opinion, but I think that partlynbecause I’m one, too), an anthropologist (the study of humans isnalways fascinating), and best of all a folklorist!n
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nAnfolklorist is someone who studies (not surprisingly) folklore—whichnis the traditional customs and stories and perhaps beliefs of ancommunity or culture. It’s the stuff that is passed down through thengenerations by word of mouth.
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Bornnin Alabama on this date in 1891, Hurston called Eatonville, Florida,n“home.” She moved there when she was just three years old, and itnwas one of the first all-black towns incorporated in the UnitednStates.
Bornnin Alabama on this date in 1891, Hurston called Eatonville, Florida,n“home.” She moved there when she was just three years old, and itnwas one of the first all-black towns incorporated in the UnitednStates.n
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nUnfortunately,nHurston’s mom died when she was still just a young teenager, and herndad remarried and sent her off to boarding school. But at some pointnhe stopped paying her tuition, so the school expelled Hurston. Shenhad to work and ended up lying about her age to be able to enter ancost-free high school and earn her diploma. She went on to attendnmultiple universities and earned a BA in anthropology at age 37.
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nSonwhat do anthropologists and folklorists do?
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Theyntravel. They talk to people and immerse themselves in local culturenand customs. They write about people’s traditions and beliefs, andnthey right down the songs that they sing and the stories that theyntell.
Theyntravel. They talk to people and immerse themselves in local culturenand customs. They write about people’s traditions and beliefs, andnthey right down the songs that they sing and the stories that theyntell.n
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nHurstonndid all this traveling and talking and listening and writing in thenCaribbean and in the American South.
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nAnniversarynof publication of Fanny Farmer’s Cookbook
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