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“There’s No Getting Away From It If You’re Irish”: Gender, The Irish Diaspora, and Gone With The Wind

Posted on October 27, 2015 by midatlanticmusings

It might be the most famous rejection in literary history. Aware too late that she has made a horrible mistake for the past dozen years, Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler runs through the mist to tell Rhett that she loves … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Gender, Gone With The Wind, Irish Diaspora, Land, masculinities, The Empire Strikes Back | Tagged American Civil War, crisis of masculinity, ethnicity, feminism, frankly my dear, Gerald O'Hara, Gone With The Wind, Han Solo, Irish Catholicism, irish diaspora, literature, manliness, Margaret Mitchell, masculinities, Princess Leia, Reconstruction, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara, star wars, Tara, The Empire Strikes Back | Leave a comment
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