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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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2014-12-01
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Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
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Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/34675 |