Dust Tracks 3

Chapter 3

Hurston was the first black scholar to research folklore on the level that she did. She researched songs, dances, tales, and sayings. Much of her bookmaterial revolves around issues of slavery and the time period immediately following it. She took her black rural culture and heritage and celebrated it at atime when most black scholars were trying hard to deny and forget it. Hurston also studied voodoo practices in Jamaica, Haiti, and the British West Indies.She took photographs and recorded their songs, dances, and rituals. She had a Guggenheim Fellowship to research in the Caribbean, where she stayed fortwo years.