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RE: Folktales, Race and Class Struggles in Afro-Venezuelan Literature
Hey @hlezama
Clearly a massive amount of research and effort has gone into this. Well done.
It is always interesting to see changes made to something, like a tale, because of time, culture, political and religious influences etc
Thanks for sharing your work.
Gaz
Thanks for stopping by.
Yes, it is fascinating to see how sources merge and evolve within literature and culture. It helps us understand so much more about our culture and our present situation.
Much of the political turmoil we have now was caused by people full of resentment who raised the class flag, dragging with them the poorest sector of our population who may not be identified with a specific race because of how mixed we are, but have the socio-economic factor as a common feature.
Many of the political leaders do not even belong to the working class, but they used their discourse to bring them to their camp.
In the mean time, the political leaders keep enjoying the good life while the poor are simply poorer. They settled for havign leaders who allegedly speak like them. So much for consolation