Still, we were somewhat dumbfounded by the following Twenty eight Chilean women took all their clothes The women posed in front of the house where famous poet Pablo Neruda Mr Rojas told Las Ultimas Noticias<\/a> newspaper: "We This brief item raises many more questions than it answers. Then there is the whole social phenomena aspect. Can you believe that this Finally, what can the Dowbrigade do to inspire the same sort of demonstrative (addendon: Some of these questions, and a translated quotation from Neruda’s “Ode to Naked Women” are answered in the comments to this posting)<\/p>\n from Ananova<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pablo Neruda is the most widely read and revered poet to emerge from Latin America. He was also a diplomat and heavily involved in progressive politics, at one point being elected to the Chilean Senate. His most famous book, "Twenty … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/neruda.jpg\")
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\n Neruda<\/a> is the most widely read and revered poet to emerge from
\n Latin America. He was also a diplomat and heavily involved in progressive
\n politics, at one point being elected to the Chilean Senate. His most
\n famous book, "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" (1924) has sold
\n over
\n a million
\n copies
\n and he
\n won
\n the
\n Nobel
\n Prize for literature in 1971, two years before his death.<\/p>\n
\n news report:<\/p>\n\n
\n off in the middle of a busy road in Santiago to pay homage to a poet.<\/p>\n
\n used to live. Photographer Rene Alejandro Rojas took the picture, called
\n Munvich, which means naked in Viking.<\/p>\n
\n did not have a permit so they had to take their clothes off very fast
\n and then put them
\n back as fast."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n What is the relation between Neruda and naked women? Other than the obvious.
\n Did he fantasize about naked women in his poetry? Did women habitually
\n strip in his presence when he was alive? And, why Viking? Did Neruda speak
\n Viking? Is there even such a language as "Viking"? Was Neruda of Scandinavian
\n descent? Did he, like other South American writers, succumb to the myth
\n of
\n Aryan
\n superiority?
\n What kind
\n of permit
\n does one apply for in Chile to strip naked on a major thoroughfare?<\/p>\n
\n happened in chilly, conservative Chile? Can you imagine 28 American women
\n stripping naked on Fifth Avenue in a tribute to Robert Frost, or even Allan
\n Ginsberg? If one naked nipple at the Superbowl was worth a million dollars
\n in fines, what would be the fine for 56? Hey, remember when it was the
\n Protestant countries that were progressive on social issues and tolerant
\n of eccentricities like this, and the Catholic countries were the seats
\n of conservative repression of carnal exposure? How times have changed…<\/p>\n
\n tribute closer to home? We have always revered the female form; we practically
\n worship naked women in theory and in practice. Our "art", such as it is,
\n attempts to enshrine artistic images of what we consider God’s greatest
\n creation. Should our female fans, if there are in fact any out there, feel
\n inspired to a similar tribute to the Dowbrigade, please don’t wait until
\n 32 years after we die.<\/p>\n