Race and Identity in Hemingway s Fiction explores how Hemingway negotiates race as a defining element of American identity. His interest in race and racial identity emerged in his writing and his personal life, through attention to skin color, performance of racial identity, and experimentation and immersion in tribal life and rituals. This study imagines what Hemingway s fiction would look like if his non-white characters were brought out of the background and asks how Hemingway s conception of American identity transforms when it is constructed on the basis of race.

Introduction Indian Camp The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife, and Ten Indians The Battler, The Light of the World, The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber and The Snows of Kilimanjaro The Garden of Eden: David The Garden of Eden: Catherine The Garden of Eden: Marita Under Kilimanjaro

Amy Strong is Communication Director, Center for Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.