Gayl Jones’s Corregidora and Song For Anninho: Historical Revision, Female Diaspora, and Music

In this article I analyze how black music may be used to (re)interpret the legacy of slavery in Gayl Jones’s literary works Corregidora (1975) and Song for Anninho (1981). I argue that female Classic Blues from the 1920s functions as a testimony of resistance and as a means to recount the stories fe...

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Main Author: María Rocío Cobo Piñero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2014-12-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/34675