Decolonizing the Native Conch in Ernest Hemingway s To Have and Have Not: Harry Morgan as a Cautionary Tale against Tourism

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Adam Pridemore

Florida Studies Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association, pp.91-97

2007

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Title: Decolonizing the Native Conch in Ernest Hemingway s To Have and Have Not: Harry Morgan as a Cautionary Tale against Tourism
Author/Creator: Adam Pridemore
Publication Details: Florida Studies Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association, pp.91-97
Annotation: Drawing on postcolonial theory, Pridemore argues that To Have and Have Not predicts, confirms, and bemoans the commercialization and exploitation that have become second nature to the conflicted neocolonial colossus that is the United States of America. Sees tourists as the ultimate colonizers, corrupting and destroying the native culture of Key West to meet the prescribed cultural representation of their dominant imagination. Argues that while Harry may lament the burning down of shacks to make room for tourist apartments, his recognition in the end is not enough to stop the rampant commercialism that surrounds him.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015131947503691