Corregidora /
Gayl Jones.

Description

Main Author

Jones, Gayl

Language(s)

English

Published

Boston : Beacon Press, 1986, c1975.

Subjects

Women > Women / United States > Women / United States / Fiction
African American women > African American women / Fiction
Fiction

Summary

'History and fiction have yielded little about those black slave women who were mistress and breeder to their white owners. There are some facts and figures, but they tell us nothing about the women themselves: their motives, their emotions, and the memories they passed on to their children. Gayl Jones's first novel is a gripping portrait of this harsh sexual and psychological genealogy ... Jones's language is subtle and sinewy, and her imagination sure. 'Everything said in the beginning must be said better than in the beginning.' Ursa (Corregidora) vows. Gayl Jones fulfills that pledge.'--Margo Jefferson, Newsweek.

Physical Description

185 p. ; 21 cm.

ISBN

0807063150 (pbk.) :

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