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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
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/glal.12191
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 | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DD Germany P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > German Studies Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures |
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 71 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 193-214 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/glal.12191 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | "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 | ||||||||
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