- Title
- Cultural Imperialism, Afro-Cuban Religion, and Santiago s Failure in Hemingway s The Old Man and the Sea
- Author/Creator
- Philip Melling
- Publication Details
- Hemingway Review, Vol.26(1), pp.6-24
- Annotation
- Argues that in the novella the quest for human perfectibility in baseball is not transferable to the spiritual landscape of the Caribbean. Discusses Santiago s resistance to the influence of Afro-Cuban religions in favor of imperial faiths and American popular culture deities like Joe DiMaggio. Reads Santiago s failure to preserve the cultural integrity of Cuban life as a product of the American government s manipulation of mass culture to fight communism.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015130608703691
Journal article
Cultural Imperialism, Afro-Cuban Religion, and Santiago s Failure in Hemingway s The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway Review, Vol.26(1), pp.6-24
10/01/2006
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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