Welcome to the research guide for the Zora Neale Hurston Ethnography Project!
Linked below are resources that will help you move through the research process, develop questions, and prepare for your informal presentation that explores one of the following areas of Hurston's research: Bahamian Music, Work Songs, Gambling Songs, or Jook Houses and the Blues
Remember, you will need to find at least two sources to use in the project in addition to the ones provided by your teacher. These sources could be primary or secondary.
All you need to access the databases below is your library number.
Don't know your library number? Send an email to Ms. Oldham!
Need help finding OR figuring out a source? Send an email to Ms. Oldham!
Confused about citations? Send an email to Ms. Oldham!
Image: Hurston playing a hountar, or mama drum, 1937. Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History by 
Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary by 
Beyond Blackface: African Americans and the Creation of America by 
Blues: the Basics by 
Funky Nassau: Roots, Routes, and Representation in Bahamian Popular Music by 
Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem Between the Wars by 
The Power of Black Music by 
