Corregidora (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gayl Jones
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: From 1947 to 1969
- Setting: Lexington and the surrounding small communities of Bracktown and Versailles in central Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Brazil
- Principal Characters: Ursa Corregidora, Mutt Thomas, Tadpole McCormick, Great Gram, Gram, Mama, Corregidora, Catherine (Cat) Lawson
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, 1960’s, Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, Slavery or slaves, Marriage, 1940’s, Midwest, Ohio, Incest, Rape, Victims, Women’s issues, Oppression, Accidents, Brazil or Brazilians, Divorce, Duty, Infertility, Singing or singers
- Locales: Brazil, Cincinnati, OH, Lexington, KY, Versailles, KY
The Novel
The most immediate story in Corregidora is that of blues singer Ursa Corregidora. For years, the central factor of Ursa’s upbringing had been the injunction to “make generations.” Yet shortly after her marriage to Mutt Thomas, an event occurs that causes her to lose her reproductive ability, the source of her sexual being. Mutt, in a jealous, drunken rage, accidentally causes Ursa to fall down a flight of stairs. The effects of the fall are threefold: Ursa loses the child she was carrying; her womb must be removed; she is left emotionally crippled. The...
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