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Tatafectiveperformancecanbeawayofcheckingontherealityofaper-
son)sexistencebecomesevenmoreclearlyvisibleinthetextnTeMasqueradeof
MasculinityinGoneWiththeWind:Per(e)formingMenthroughEmotionsand
Privacy”byEmmelineGroswhichendsthe(Post)GendersectionofPerforming
SouthAnalyzingthedeceptivequalityofmasculinecomportmentasexpressed
bythemasculineexterior(dress),Grosdemonstrateshowthesouthernculture
n…draw[s]faultylinesbetweensincerityandperformance,confessionandsecret,
[…]manandpersona,”(140)alltowinandsecureparticularformsofprivateand
publicafects.Shealsoshowshow,bybreaking,moreorlesssuccessfully,across
theselines,malesouthernersreachouttonewgender,classorracedimensions
and,consequently,nforce[their]culturetoconfrontnewformsofthinking.”(140)
Insodoing,thesemenalsoreconfigurethe-abstract-realityoftheircultural
existenceinmorencorpo-real”terms.
Teresulting,(Post)CulturalPerformancesoftheSouth,performanceswhich
advancetheregionasanembodimentofculturalpowersgreaterthanitselfthus
becomesthethreadconnectingintoasectiontheessaysbyfourmorescholars,
namely,JohnWhartonLowe(UniversityofGeorgia),UrszulaNiewiadomska-Flis
(JohnPaulIICatholicUniversityofLublin),GeraldPreher(InstitutCatholiquede
Lille),andCarmenRueda-Ramos(UniversitatRoviraiVirgili).Tefirstofthem
entitlednPerformingEthnicities,PerformingRegions:TeCrossroadsofTime,
History,andCultureinAlfredUhry)smeLastNightofBallyhoo”byLowenpon-
ders”astheAuthorhimselfformulatesit,nthewaysinwhichJewishimmigrants
andtheirdescendantsareincreasinglyperformingregionalmodesandmanner-
isms.”(159)However,setatthetimeofthepremiereofGoneWiththeWind,the
play,asexaminedbyLowe,whileperformingthemovieasthenquintessential
southern…film”(159),alsoitselfgetsreconfiguredasaculturalcontextincor-
poratingvariousaudiences-fromJewstoLowehimself-intheregion)sglobal
makings.TusdoingjusticetotheversatilityofGWTW)sculture,Uhry)sdramat-
icpiecewhichLoweseesasthencomedyofredemption”(168)atoncepropounds
thiscultureastheSouth)sveryownnredemptiveagent”inthewideworld.
AsNiewiadomska-FlisdemonstratesinherarticlenComeDineWithMe,or
Not:PerformingRacialRelationsintheDomesticSphereinAlfredUhry)sDriv-
ingMissDaisy,”Uhryhimselfmakesuseoftheredemptivepotentialofsuchacul-
ture.Tearticleinquestionexaminingthecontemporarilyexisting,broadlyun-
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