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CORREGIDOR, Spanish law. A magistrate who took cognizance of 'various misdemeanors, and of civil matters. 2 White's Coll. 53.

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(1.) For examples of readings of Corregidora that draw upon trauma theory more generally, see Freed 2011, Griffiths 2006, and Setka 2014.

Unmaking Generations: On Gayl Jones's Corregidora and the Pastness of the Past

The narratives of Corregidora and Beloved use the black female body as a sign and evidence of the historical embodiment of the pained body in slavery across the diaspora: in this scenario, black women's bodies (those of Ursa's ancestors and Sethe's) become instruments for the perpetuation of domination.

CONTEMPORARY BLACK WOMEN'S WRITINGS IN THE U.S. AND BRAZIL: POSSIBLE ARTICULATIONS ACROSS THE DIASPORA/A LITERATURA CONTEMPORANEA DE MULHERES NEGRAS NOS ESTADOS UNIDOS E NO BRASIL: POSSIVEIS ARTICULACOES DIASPORICAS

currency) with stable outlook, to the municipality of Corregidora.

Moody's assigns issuer ratings of Aa3.mx and Baa3 to the municipality of Corregidora

(1: 127) Still, it is not until after the grandmother has informed the corregidores of the earrings' provenance via the document that they recognize them: "Apenas hubo oido la Corregidora las razones del papel, cuando reconocio los brincos, se los puso a la boca, y dandoles infinitos besos, se cayo desmayada" (1: 127).

Cervantes, Heliodorus, and the novelty of "La gitanilla"

The final chapter of Li's compelling study analyzes Gayl Jones's Corregidora. Here Li explores the "traumatic consequences" of chattel-based slavery, demonstrating how memory functions as a form of bondage (87).

Something Akin to Freedom: The Choice of Bondage in Narratives by African American Women

With Gayl Jones's Corregidora, a novel Griffiths investigates in chapter four of Traumatic Possessions, the uncanny spaces of post-traumatic stress are used to indicate the limits of language in Jones's text.

Jennifer L. Griffiths. Traumatic Possessions: The Body and Memory in African American Women's Writing and Performance

Fulani compares two novels, Corregidora by Gayl Jones and Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid, both dealing with late twentieth-century mother-daughter relationships in the African Diaspora.