Simon Bolivar: Travels And Transformations Of A Cultural Icon
by Maureen G. Shanahan /
2016 / English / PDF
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One of Latin America’s most famous historical figures, Simón
Bolívar has become a mythic symbol for many nations, empires,
and revolutions used to support wildly diverse—sometimes
opposite—ideas. From colonial Cuba to Nazi-occupied France to
Cold War–era Slovenia, the image of “El Libertador” has
variously signified loyalty, national unity, liberation,
freedom, and revolt.
One of Latin America’s most famous historical figures, Simón
Bolívar has become a mythic symbol for many nations, empires,
and revolutions used to support wildly diverse—sometimes
opposite—ideas. From colonial Cuba to Nazi-occupied France to
Cold War–era Slovenia, the image of “El Libertador” has
variously signified loyalty, national unity, liberation,
freedom, and revolt.
In this volume, an array of international and interdisciplinary
scholars shows the ways Bolívar has appeared over the last two
centuries in painting, fiction, poetry, music, film, festival,
dance, city planning, and even reliquary adoration. They
illustrate how Bolívar’s body has been exalted, reimagined, or
fragmented in different contexts, taking on a range of meanings
to represent the politics and poetics of today’s national
bodies.
In this volume, an array of international and interdisciplinary
scholars shows the ways Bolívar has appeared over the last two
centuries in painting, fiction, poetry, music, film, festival,
dance, city planning, and even reliquary adoration. They
illustrate how Bolívar’s body has been exalted, reimagined, or
fragmented in different contexts, taking on a range of meanings
to represent the politics and poetics of today’s national
bodies.
By critically analyzing many examples of cultural
Bolivarianisms, or cults of Bolívar, this collection
demonstrates the capacity of the arts and humanities to
challenge and reinvent hegemonic icons and narratives and,
therefore, to be vital to democracy.
By critically analyzing many examples of cultural
Bolivarianisms, or cults of Bolívar, this collection
demonstrates the capacity of the arts and humanities to
challenge and reinvent hegemonic icons and narratives and,
therefore, to be vital to democracy.
