"We all knew the British were fascinated with the tragic, gothic
American South. This remarkable book not only documents the degree
of that fascination, but also demonstrates the deep
interconnectedness of two cultures. Here is an irresistable new
case study for those interested in the form and function of
hybridity."--Jane Gaines, program in film and video, Duke
University "The author's research on the way Southern themes and
icons have slipped into everyday life across the Atlantic is
impressive. There is no doubt that Circling Dixie will find a
sophisticated audience both in the United States and in
Europe."--Linda Wagner-Martin, author of "Favored Strangers"
Gertrude Stein and Her Family For Europeans looking across the
Atlantic, American culture is often the site of desire,
fascination, and envy. In Britain, the rich culture of the American
South has made a particularly strong impact. Helen Taylor explores
the ways in which contemporary Southern culture has been
enthusiastically produced and reproduced in a British context.
Taylor examines some of the South's most significant cultural
exports in discussions that range across literature, music, film,
television, theater, advertising, and tourism to focus on how and
why Southern themes and icons have become so deeply embedded in
British cultural life. The enduring legacy of Margaret Mitchell's
Gone With the Wind can be seen today in the popularity of sequels,
revisions, and reworkings of the novel. The conversation between
cultures is further explored in British responses to Alex Hayley's
Roots, the British theater's special affection for Tennessee
Williams's plays, and the marketing of New Orleans as a preferred
destination for European tourists. The transformation of Southern
culture--itself a hybrid of European, African, and American--as it
circulates back across the Atlantic suggests not only new views of
the history, racial politics, music, and art of both Britain and
the American South, but also an enhanced understanding of the
dynamic flow of culture itself. Helen Taylor is a professor and
head of the School of English at the University of Exeter. She is
the author of Scarlett's Women adn coeditor of Dixie Debates.
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