Evita, inevitably
Subtitle: performing Argentina's female icons before and after Eva Perón
By: Jean Graham-Jones
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780472072330; 9780472052332; 9780472120550
Subjects: Women in popular culture; Mass media; Social aspects; Celebrities; Performing arts; In mass media
Other titles: Performing Argentina's female icons before and after Eva Perón
Description: 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 ...--Provided by publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-247) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: Evita at the intersections of Argentine femiconicity, nation, and performance; title: Camila O'Gorman and the making of an Argentine femicon; title: The (many, many) lives of Evita Perón; title: Performing Evita's afterlives; title: Argentine Madonnas, pop stars, and performances of immediacy and virtuality; title: Conclusion: Toward a complicated understanding of Eva Perón and Argentine femiconity in performance.