Evita, Inevitably(English, Paperback, Graham-Jones Jean)

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Evita, Inevitably(English, Paperback, Graham-Jones Jean) is written by Graham-Jones Jean and published by The University of Michigan Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0472052330 (ISBN 10) and 9780472052332 (ISBN 13).

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 Peron, 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 Fernandez 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.