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'Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you': women reading Gone with the Wind in occupied Germany

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Oliver, Emily (2018) 'Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you': women reading Gone with the Wind in occupied Germany. German Life and Letters, 71 (2). pp. 193-214. doi:10.1111/glal.12191 ISSN 0016-8777.

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Abstract

First published in German in 1937, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind was one of the most popular books in Germany throughout the Second World War and well into the occupation period. This article investigates why Mitchell's tale of the American Civil War and the South's humiliating defeat and subsequent occupation by hostile powers captured the popular imagination in occupied Germany. Drawing on the portrayal of women in the post‐war German press, the article illuminates how Scarlett O'Hara's transgression of traditional gender roles offered female readers potential for identification with the central character. Through reading Gone with the Wind in relation to debates about women's behaviour, relationships, and bodies during the occupation period, it argues that the novel participated in the victim discourse arising within Germany immediately after the Second World War.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DD Germany
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > German Studies
Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Mitchell, Margaret --1900-1949 -- Gone with the wind -- Criticism and interpretation, Germans -- Books and reading -- 20th century, World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Germany
Journal or Publication Title: German Life and Letters
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0016-8777
Official Date: April 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
April 2018Published
12 March 2018Available
31 December 2017Accepted
Volume: 71
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 193-214
DOI: 10.1111/glal.12191
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Oliver, E. (2018), ‘HEAVEN HELP THE YANKEES IF THEY CAPTURE YOU’: WOMEN READING GONE WITH THE WIND IN OCCUPIED GERMANY. German Life and Letters, 71: 193-214. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/glal.12191. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 18 January 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 12 March 2020
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDEuropean Research Councilhttp://viaf.org/viaf/130022607

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