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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham-Jones, Jean, 1958-

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts--Social aspects.

Performing arts.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : The University of Michigan Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

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:

1 Camila O'Gorman and the Making of an Argentine Femicon 15

2 The (Many, Many) Lives Of Eva Perón 60

3 Performing Evita's Afterlives 98

4 Argentine Madonnas, Pop Stars, and Performances of Immediacy and Virtuality 132.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472072330

9780472052332

9780472120550

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.6516374

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