DescriptionThe following articles relating to Zora Neale Hurston's life and accomplished works illustrate and analyze her position as an African American artist and anthropologist. Articles include: Constructing Authenticity through Zora Neale Hurston's Ethnographic Innovation by Jennifer Staple; Creating an Ethnography: Zora Neale Hurston and Lydia Cabrera by Lynda Hoffman-Jeep; and Ethnicities and Ethnographers: Zora Neale Hurston and Anzia Yezierska1 by Lori Jirousek. These articles demonstrate Hurston's unique position as an artist and anthropologist who captures the life of African American culture through folktales, literature, and theater. Two of these articles are actually comparisons between her and other ethnic anthropologists of the same period; one being Afro-Cuban and the other Polish Jewish. The questions these subsequent authors asked about Zora Neale Hurston are: “What compelled [Hurston] to travel both physically and intellectually in search of authentic experiences and knowledge? (Bureau en Gros 2006); (2) “How did Hurston eradicate the pervasive stereotypical image of African Americans?” » (Hoffman-Jeep 2005); and (3) “Had Hurston somehow betrayed her ethnic community to work as an ethnographer?” ", "In what ways has Hurston provided insight into how ethnography can be used in an ethnic community? (Jirousek 2006).AnalysisIn Zora Neale Hurston's Constructing Authenticity Through Ethnographic Innovation by Jennifer Staple, Staple explores how Hurston constructs the ethnographic authenticity of African American culture through her work entitled Mule Bone in 1930 with her colleague and rival; Renowned writer and poet Langston Hughes. Authenticity is what Staples e...... middle of paper ......d definition to illustrate a culture in its natural form. Through folklore and the arts themselves, Hurston and those like her have somehow brought the practice and study of ethnography to life while helping to broaden the spectrum of what the study and practice can accomplish. Works Cited Hoffman-Jeep, Lynda. “Creating an Ethnography: Zora Neale Hurston and Lydia Cabrera.” African American Review 39, no. 3 (fall 2005): 337-353. MLA International Bibliography, EBSCOhost. Jirousek, Lori. “Ethnics and Ethnographers: Zora Neale Hurston and Anzia Yezierska.” Journal of Modern Literature 29, no. 2 (winter 2006): 19-32. MLA International Bibliography, EBSCOhost. Staple, Jennifer. “Zora Neale Hurston’s Construction of Authenticity through Ethnographic Innovation.” Western Journal of Black Studies 30, no. 1 (Spring 2006 2006): 62-68. America: History and Life, EBSCOhost.