Ph.D. Student / English GTA Kimberly Bain to Present at 2022 Zora Neale Hurston Virtual Conference on 2/17

Kimberly Bain, Ph.D. student in FAU’s Comparative Studies Program and GTA in the Department of English, will present a paper—"Dismantling Controlling Images of Black Women through Hurston's Portrayal of Janie as an Emergent Woman"—on February 17th at 12:45pm as part of the 2022 Zora Neale Hurston Virtual Conference at Bethune-Cookman University.

The conference is virtual and registration is required (and free). Read more about the 2022 Zora Neale Hurston Virtual Conference and register here.

PANEL 2 | IMAGES OF BLACK WOMEN IN THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD | 12:45 – 2:00 PM | Moderator: Dr. Winifred Johnson

Session Description:

Dismantling Controlling Images of Black Women through Hurston's Portrayal of Janie as an Emergent Woman, Ms. Kimberly Bain, Florida Atlantic University

Challenging the traditional construct of Black women as controlling matriarchs and wives

Sitting in Judgment: Interiority, Selfhood and Community in Their Eyes Were Watching God , Ms. Pragati Sharma, University of Edinburgh

Analyzing the relationship between Janie and the Black community and how Hurston reframes gender, race, and female resilience

Intersectionality and Marxism in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God , Mr. Brad Kelly, Missouri State University

Critiquing the institution of marriage and the effects of capitalistic oppression on Black women