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An African-American woman searches for a fulfilling relationship through two loveless marriages and finally finds it in the person of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, 2000.
Edition:1st HarperCollins hardcover ed.
Subjects:
African American women > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Plot Overview
  • Character List
  • Analysis of Major Characters
  • Janie
  • Tea Cake
  • Jody Starks
  • Themes, Motifs & Symbols
  • Language: Speech and Silence
  • Power and Conquest as Means to Fulfillment
  • Love and Relationships Versus Independence
  • Community
  • Race and Racism
  • The Folklore Quality of Religion
  • Hair
  • The Pear Tree and the Horizon
  • The Hurricane
  • Important Quotations Explained
  • Study Questions & Essay Topics.