When the Boat Comes In: Myth, Reification, and the Changing Face of Simón Bolívar in Venezuelan Politics and Culture
(2016)
Book Chapter
Roberts, N. (2016). When the Boat Comes In: Myth, Reification, and the Changing Face of Simón Bolívar in Venezuelan Politics and Culture. In M. G. Shanahan, & A. M. Reyes (Eds.), Simón Bolívar : travels and transformations of a cultural icon (215-229). University Press of Florida. https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813062624.003.0013
Eugenio Montejo’s poem “Nostalgia de Bolívar” (1976) depicts Simón Bolívar as the (symbolic) essence of the Venezuelan land and people. But both are also emptied of this essence, as, within the poem, Bolívar departs to sea on a boat. “Bolívar” become... Read More about When the Boat Comes In: Myth, Reification, and the Changing Face of Simón Bolívar in Venezuelan Politics and Culture.