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Eva Peron remains Argentina's best-known and most iconic personality, far outlasting her own husband, President Juan Domingo Peron, himself a remarkable and charismatic political leader without whom she, as an uneducated woman in an elitist and male-dominated society, could not have existed as a political figure. In this book, Jill Hedges tells the story of a remarkable woman whose glamour, charisma, political influence and controversial nature continue to generate huge amounts of interest 60 years after her death. From her poverty-stricken upbringing as an illegitimate child in rural Argentina, Peron made her way to the highest echelons of Argentinean society, via a brief acting career and her relationship with Juan. After their political breakthrough, her charitable work and magnetic personality earned her wide public acclaim and there was national mourning following her death from cancer at the age of just 33.Based on new sources and first-hand interviews, the book will seek to explore the personality and experiences of 'Evita'.
As the first substantive biography of Eva Peron in English, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in modern Argentinean history and the cult of 'Evita'.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Personal is Political
1. Los Toldos
2. Junin
3. Buenos Aires
4. Radiolandia
5. Peron
6. Political Earthquake
7. Los Muchachos Peronistas
8. First Lady
9. Europe
10. Enter Evita
11. Las Muchachas Peronistas
12. The Foundation
13. Mortality
14. Immortality
15. Life After Death

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Published Apr 18 2024
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 272
ISBN 9781350452022
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 21 bw illus
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Jill Hedges

Jill Hedges has been Senior Editor for Latin Ameri…

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