Publisher's Synopsis
Fifty years after the screening of "Gone with the Wind", the author looks at the reasons why the book and film have had such an appeal, especially for women. Drawing on letters and questionnaires from female fans, she brings together material from southern history, literature, film and feminist theory and discusses the themes of the Civil War and issues of race. She has previously written "Gender, Race and Region in the writings of Grace King, Ruth McEnery Stuart and Kate Chopin" and co-editor of "Half the Sky: an introduction to women's studies."
