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- Title
What's in a Name? Racial Transparency and the Jazz-Age in Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants".
- Authors
Meckley, Eric
- Abstract
Although critics have long speculated about the connotations of the nickname "Jig" in Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants," none have considered the story in light of the word's use as a racial slur for an African American. Exploring the history of the word and Hemingway's familiarity with this particular usage contextualizes the story amidst the oft-overlooked history of African American expatriates in Jazz Age Europe. This reading deepens prior interpretations of the relationship between "the American and the girl with him," while exploring new meanings that emerge when the girl's racial identity is reconsidered.
- Subjects
HILLS Like White Elephants (Short story : Hemingway); HEMINGWAY, Ernest, 1899-1961; LITERARY criticism; SHORT story (Literary form); AFRICAN Americans in literature; RACE identity in literature
- Publication
Hemingway Review, 2018, Vol 38, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
0276-3362
- Publication type
Short Story Review
- DOI
10.1353/hem.2018.0021