I just finished reading Ruths Journey last night. In the context of this article, McCaig merely touches on the realistic experiences of female house servants in the antebellum era but does not go into much serious detail. Instead, the real focus is on Scarlett OHaras grandmother, Solange and her white counterparts in Charleston and Savannah; Scarletts mother, Ellen, and finally Katie Scarlett OHara herself. Even in the last 3rd of the book, when it is written in Mammys own voice (although were told she cant read or write), the focus is still her observation of the OHaras, rather than her own life as an un-emancipated house slave (but Gerald and Ellen OHara are really nice up-country plantation owners, so all Mammy has to concern herself with is helping the cook beat biscuits, and looking after a rambunctious, tomboy child who refuses to be ladylike and have deportment.). If McCaig and Simon & Schuster were hoping to bring Gone With the Wind in line with the more recent and realistic portrayal of plantation life shown in 12 Years a Slave, they dont succeed. Im preparing a full review for vivandlarry
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:36:11 +0000
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