Mules and Men (Abridged) Audiobook

" Often termed as anthropology but reads like a story. Hurston blurs the boundaries of the genre to produce this wonderful book "

" Ms. Hurston was a gifted storyteller, but she was also a trained anthropologist. Both skills are captured in this text, which is one of the finest collections of Black American folktales assembled. Her use of dialect is the most authentic anyone before her or since has done; it is simply spot on -- not demeaning or insulting, just dialect. I read these stories to my children when they were young, then consulted them when I was a grad student. Another classic; she was a genius. "

" Recommended for: those interested in folklore, black culture, history, oral storytelling, voodoo. "

" I love any book by Zora Hurston . . . I think I have read most of her works! Never disappointing and always a growth experience in widening my mind and heart. Wish I could have met her! "

" An excellent collection of "lies" or stories as told by African-Americans in the early twentieth century. I also found the section on Hoodoo at the end enjoyable but wish she had presented this information in a story format rather than in a reporting style. "

" An exciting work of ethnography/anthropology. The book is in two sections; in the first she hangs out in the Florida panhandle collecting black folk tales, and in the second she goes to New Orleans and infiltrates the voodoo scene. There's a joy present in her writing that contrasts in interesting ways with the gloom of Invisible Man, which I had just read. "

" Sits on our shelf next to Grimm and Joel Chandler Harris and Yeats. Tales it takes years for hundreds to make up, but still only get told by one at a time. Th best part is, you can cheat and change them yourself if you like. "

" super cool!! turpentine camp section is great, and the voodoo part--woah. awesome. "

" I couldn't believe I hadn't ready this yet as I have a Zora Neale Hurston obsession but was so happy I hadn't as it is great to read while doing fieldwork. It traces her research in Florida and Louisana presenting the data/folklore she collected. "

" Amazing work. What a treasure of oral tales and folklore. "

" Yo read the hoo-doo section. Hurston was a trained in anthropology at Barnard under Margaret Mead. Hurston was not making that stuff up. Everything she did was for real. My great-grandmother used to talk about people planting roots on her and John the Conquerer. "

" It was really exciting to be reading this book in New Orleans as Ms. Hurston described the old art of hoodoo/voodoo. I love this first person anthropological research style of book. "

" A classic, the perfect reading. A discovery to another litterature, for an European. "

" Class assignment turned into a favorite! "

" An amazing work of ethnographic research by Hurston, who's writing I like a lot. It's a collection of African American song lyrics, folk tales, voodoo recipes and personal narratives from the rural South. "

" I love everything about this book. "

" The book chronicles the author's journey all over the South collecting myth and folklore of American's black culture. Here you will find stories, myths, songs, formulas, spells, and customs as well as the author's own adventures working with various rootworkers. "

" Folklore collection from the South of the U.S. "

" My interests in African-American history, anthropology and music all rolled into one. "

" Zora pioneered the field of folklore back before people gave a damn about their own cultures. This book is particularly fascinating for scholars of the occult as she includes real voodoo rituals in the back of the book. "

" I read the book as part of a Humanities book club. I was not alone in my struggles to read the book. To read this book you will have to read it in small parts as it will tend to run together. The first part of the book is stories from the author's heritage. The second part is about Hoodoo. "

" Recommended for: those interested in folklore, black culture, history, oral storytelling, voodoo. "

" An amazing work of ethnographic research by Hurston, who's writing I like a lot. It's a collection of African American song lyrics, folk tales, voodoo recipes and personal narratives from the rural South. "

" It was really exciting to be reading this book in New Orleans as Ms. Hurston described the old art of hoodoo/voodoo. I love this first person anthropological research style of book. "

" I discovered this author in an essay by Alice Walker. I can't wait to get through this book and her novels. What a great find! This is maybe the most significant book of African-American Folklore. "

" Fantastic collection of folklore done as only Zora Neale Hurston could do. As she states - she went off to college, and then used anthropology as a looking glass to examine her life. "

" Apparently voodoo is in all actuality hoodoo. "

" Folklore collection from the South of the U.S. "

" super cool!! turpentine camp section is great, and the voodoo part--woah. awesome. "

" Often termed as anthropology but reads like a story. Hurston blurs the boundaries of the genre to produce this wonderful book "