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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Auteur principal: Graham-Jones, Jean, 1958- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014]
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Accès en ligne:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table des matières:
  • 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.