Evita, inevitably : performing Argentina's female icons before and after Eva Perón / Jean Graham-Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472120550 (e-book)
Other title:
  • Performing Argentina's female icons before and after Eva Perón
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evita, inevitably : performing Argentina's female icons before and after Eva Perón.DDC classification:
  • 305.40982 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1532 .G73 2014eb
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Evita at the intersections of Argentine femiconicity, nation, and performance -- Camila O'Gorman and the making of an Argentine femicon -- The (many, many) lives of Evita Perón -- Performing Evita's afterlives -- Argentine Madonnas, pop stars, and performances of immediacy and virtuality -- Conclusion: Toward a complicated understanding of Eva Perón and Argentine femiconity in performance.
Summary: Sheds new light on the history and culture of Argentina by examining the performances and reception of the country's most iconic female figures, in particular, Eva Perón, who rose from poverty to become a powerful international figure. The book links the Evita legend to a broader pattern of female iconicity from the mid-nineteenth century onward ... --Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Evita at the intersections of Argentine femiconicity, nation, and performance -- Camila O'Gorman and the making of an Argentine femicon -- The (many, many) lives of Evita Perón -- Performing Evita's afterlives -- Argentine Madonnas, pop stars, and performances of immediacy and virtuality -- Conclusion: Toward a complicated understanding of Eva Perón and Argentine femiconity in performance.

Sheds new light on the history and culture of Argentina by examining the performances and reception of the country's most iconic female figures, in particular, Eva Perón, who rose from poverty to become a powerful international figure. The book links the Evita legend to a broader pattern of female iconicity from the mid-nineteenth century onward ... --Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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