Simon Bolivar : Travels and Transformations of a Cultural Icon /

Show other versions (1)

This title shows us how and why Simón Bolívar is still a major icon in Latin American culture. Cinema, politics, painting, literature, religion, and opera are all touched and marked by 'El Libertador' who is still very much an active force in Latin America. In this volume, an array of in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Reyes, Ana María (College teacher) (Editor), Shanahan, Maureen G. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bolívar, Simón > 1783-1830
Bolívar, Simón, > 1783-1830.
Bolívar, Simón, > 1783-1830 > Travel.
Rezeption
Mythos
Ikonographie
Travel.
Heads of state.
Generals.
ART > Caribbean & Latin American.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
Generaux > Amerique du Sud > Biographies.
Chefs d'État > Amerique du Sud > Biographies.
Generals > South America > Biography.
Heads of state > South America > Biography.
South America.
Amerique du Sud > Histoire.
South America > History.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This title shows us how and why Simón Bolívar is still a major icon in Latin American culture. Cinema, politics, painting, literature, religion, and opera are all touched and marked by 'El Libertador' who is still very much an active force in Latin America. 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9780813055978

Similar Items