Evita, inevitably : performing Argentina's female icons before and after Eva Perón /
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 fem...
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Ann Arbor :
The University of Michigan Press,
[2014]
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Table of 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.