Moved like the devil: Juliana Sankofa’s )un(publishable poetry

This article introduces a reading of the poetry of the Afro-Brazilian author Juliana Sankofa (2019), whose works do not have access to privileged circles of the mainstream publishers. Focusing on her self-published e-book Comovida como o diabo and applying the concept of “Signifying” developed by He...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Dutra, Paulo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/54381
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/estudos/article/view/54381
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:signifying
poesia afro-brasileira
Sankofa
poesía afrobrasileña
afro Brazilian poetry
Descrição
Resumo:This article introduces a reading of the poetry of the Afro-Brazilian author Juliana Sankofa (2019), whose works do not have access to privileged circles of the mainstream publishers. Focusing on her self-published e-book Comovida como o diabo and applying the concept of “Signifying” developed by Henry Louis Gates Jr. based on Afro-American vernacular practices as the main analytical tool, I demonstrate how such poetry not only dialogues with the issue and situation of Afro-descendants within society and the Brazilian literary canon but also presents specific connections with poetic production in the African diaspora.