"Youse in New Yawk": The Gender Politics of Zora Neale Hurston's "Lost" Caroline Stories.

COUNTRY in the Woman, The (Short story); SHE Rock (Short story); HURSTON, Zora Neale, 1891-1960; HARLEM Renaissance; AFRICAN American women in literature; STEREOTYPES; SOCIAL classes in literature; LITERARY criticism; FICTION; TWENTIETH century

The article discusses the stories "The Country in the Woman" and "She Rock" by Zora Neale Hurston, focusing on how the stories portray New Negro female identity during the Harem Renaissance. Other topics include a discussion of the character Caroline, who appears in both stories, Hurston's efforts to break stereotypes of black women during the time period in which she was writing, and how the stories handle class and gender in Harlem, New York.