“Perhaps more than anything in The Maggie, the 'Spirit of Scotland' image is troubling, particularly for those concerned with the way women are represented in films about Scotland. In Ouainé Bain's apt phrase, the 'fey, winsome lass' who consummates Marshall's entry into the film's Celtic world offers one of the two ultimately limiting images of women which dominate Scottish culture (the other being the Ma Broon figure who holds the home together) and forbid entry to it of images of women which accord more with the needs of contemporary Scottish women.” CelticFeyScottish CultureRepresentation Of WomenWinsomenessMa BroonThe Maggie Book:Cencrastus No. 12: Spring 1983 Source: Cencrastus No. 12: Spring 1983