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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham-Jones, Jean, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perón, Eva, 1919-1952.

Women in popular culture--Argentina.

Women in popular culture.

Perón, Eva, 1919-1952--In mass media.

Perón, Eva.

Performing arts--Social aspects.

Performing arts.

Celebrities--Argentina.

Celebrities.

Argentina.

Physical Description:

ix, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2014]

Summary:

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 Lujan; 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. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780472072330

0472072331

9780472052332

0472052330

9780472120550

0472120557

OCLC:

887975598