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Evita, Inevitably: Performing Argentina's Female Icons Before and After Eva Perón
Jean Graham-Jones
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Evita, Inevitably 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, reading Evita against the performances of other female icons: Camila O'Gorman, executed by firing squad over her affair with a Jesuit priest; Difunta Correa, a devotional figure who has achieved near-sainthood; cumbia-pop performer Gilda; the country's patron saint, the Virgin of Luján; and finally, Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Employing the tools of discursive, visual, and performance analysis, Jean Graham-Jones studies theatrical performance, literature, film, folklore, Catholic iconography, and Internet culture to document the ways in which these "femicons" have been staged.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Evita at the Intersections of Argentine Femiconicity, Nation, and Performance
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One - Camila O’Gorman and the Making of an Argentine Femicon
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Two - The (Many, Many) Lives of Eva Perón
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Three - Performing Evita’s Afterlives
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Four - Argentine Madonnas, Pop Stars, and Performances of Immediacy and Virtuality
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Conclusion: Toward a Complicated Understanding of Eva Perón and Argentine Femiconicity in Performance
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Notes
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Index
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Published: 2014
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-07233-0 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-12055-0 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-05233-2 (paper)