The wrath to come : Gone with the wind and the lies America tells
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Published
London : Head of Zeus, 2022.
Status
Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction - NEW
813 CHURC
1 available
813 CHURC
1 available
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Published
London : Head of Zeus, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
453 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-411) and index.
Description
Sarah Churchwell examines one of the most enduringly popular stories of all time, Gone with the Wind, to help explain the divisions ripping the United States apart today. Separating fact from fiction, she shows how histories of mythmaking have informed America's racial and gender politics, the controversies over Confederate statues, the resurgence of white nationalism, the Black Lives Matter movement, the enduring power of the American Dream, and the violence of Trumpism. Gone with the Wind was an instant bestseller when it was published in 1936; its film version became the most successful Hollywood film of all time. Today the story's racism is again a subject of controversy, but it was just as controversial in the 1930s, foreshadowing today's debates over race and American fascism. In The Wrath to Come, Sarah Churchwell charts an extraordinary journey through 160 years of American denialism. From the Lost Cause to the romances behind the Ku Klux Klan, from the invention of the 'ideal' slave plantation to the erasure of interwar fascism, Churchwell shows what happens when we do violence to history, as collective denial turns fictions into lies, and lies into a vicious reality.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Black lives matter movement -- Influence.
Gone with the wind (Motion picture : 1939) -- Influence.
Mitchell, Margaret, -- 1900-1949. -- Gone with the wind -- Influence.
Plantation life -- United States -- Influence.
Racism -- United States -- Influence.
Slavery -- United States -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
White supremacy movements -- Influence.
Gone with the wind (Motion picture : 1939) -- Influence.
Mitchell, Margaret, -- 1900-1949. -- Gone with the wind -- Influence.
Plantation life -- United States -- Influence.
Racism -- United States -- Influence.
Slavery -- United States -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
White supremacy movements -- Influence.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Churchwell, S. B. (2022). The wrath to come: Gone with the wind and the lies America tells . Head of Zeus.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Churchwell, Sarah Bartlett, 1970-. 2022. The Wrath to Come: Gone With the Wind and the Lies America Tells. Head of Zeus.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Churchwell, Sarah Bartlett, 1970-. The Wrath to Come: Gone With the Wind and the Lies America Tells Head of Zeus, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Churchwell, Sarah Bartlett. The Wrath to Come: Gone With the Wind and the Lies America Tells Head of Zeus, 2022.
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