{"product_id":"color-struck-a-playincluding-the-introductory-essay-a-brief-history-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9781528720519","title":"Color Struck - A Play;Including the Introductory Essay 'A Brief History of the Harlem Renaissance'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZora Neale Hurston's tragic 1926 play \u003ci\u003eColor Struck\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking commentary on colorism within the Black community.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in Florida in 1900, \u003ci\u003eColour Struck\u003c\/i\u003e begins on a Jim Crow train carriage. Barely making the train, Emma and John's journey commences with an argument. Emma saw John speaking to a lighter-skinned Black woman, Effie, and was immediately jealous, assuming he was flirting. Throughout the play Emma continues to display animosity towards those with lighter skin, which often results in calamity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring themes of colorism, self-destruction, and hatred, Zora Neale Hurston's 1926 tragedy comments on intra-racial racism and warns of the adverse effects of harbouring hatred. \u003ci\u003eColor Struck\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in \u003ci\u003eFire!!\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and won second prize in the \u003ci\u003eOpportunity\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's contest for best play. Now republished in a new edition, Hurston's play is not one to be missed by those with an interest in Harlem Renaissance literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Read \u0026 Co. Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613774418194,"sku":"9781528720519","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_548cb4f2-6a8a-4d83-a2a0-ca3878644c9a.jpg?v=1732416853","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/color-struck-a-playincluding-the-introductory-essay-a-brief-history-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9781528720519","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}