Gone with the Wind

• When was the Gone With the Wind produced?


  1936
• Who wrote Gone with the Wind?

  Margaret Mitchell
• Who were the representation of slaves within Gone with the Wind?

  Big Sam, Prissy and Mammy
• How are Union forces presented?


  Potrayed in a poor light, seen as pillaging and destroying plantations through Georgia
• What is the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind?

  Tara Plantation
• What language is used in Gone with the Wind?


  N-word and 'darkies' are used
• What is there a positive representation of?

  The KKK and white terror groups
• How are slaves represented as?


  Well-treated, cheerful and loyal to their white masters
• How many copies were sold of Gone with the Wind by 1937?

  1 million
• How many languages was Gone with the Wind translated into?


  70 different languages, second only to the bible
• What did Gone with the Wind in 1937?


  A Pulitzer prize
• When was the Gone with the Wind adapted for cinema?

  1939
• By 1936, what happened to legal segregation?


  Legal Segregation was firmly established
• What were examples of race riots outside of the South?

  Chicago, Illinois in 1919 and Tulsa, Oklhahoma in 1921
• Why was the Mammy figure controversial?


  It portrayed black Americans as subservient as she remains loyal and devoted to Scarlett throughout
• How is Big Sam shown as?


  He is shown as someone who risks his life in order to save Scarlett
• How is Prissy potrayed as?


  She is shown to be a hysertial liar dim and annoying
• What does the main black characters reinforce about black Americans?

  Black Americans as uneducated and loyal to their white master
• What does the attack on Scarlett feed into?

  The post-1865 view that black men were rapists and set a basis for racial stereotypes promoted in films with black men as lazy, violent and abusive
• What idea of Reconstruction is presented?


  Southern view of Reconstruction era with hatred for black Americans and the destruction of the idyllic Southern society
• What was the initial impact of Gone with the Wind?


  It topped the bestselling fiction list in 1936/37
• How can Gone with the Wind's maintained popularity be seen?


  A 2014 poll found it to be the US' 2nd favourite novel
• What can the glorification of the KKK be linked to?

  An increase in violence from white Americans towards black Americans in 1930s- rise in lynchings
• What was Gone with the Wind argued to be?


  Reflective rather than transformative