New Cultural History of Peronism (eBook, PDF)

Power and Identity in Mid-Twentieth-Century Argentina
Redaktion: Matthew B. Karush, Karush

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Produktbeschreibung

In nearly every account of modern Argentine history, the first Peronist regime (1946-55) emerges as the critical juncture. Appealing to growing masses of industrial workers, Juan Peron built a powerful populist movement that transformed economic and political structures, promulgated new conceptions and representations of the nation, and deeply polarized the Argentine populace. Yet until now, most scholarship on Peronism has been constrained by a narrow, top-down perspective. Inspired by the pioneering work of the historian Daniel James and new approaches to Latin American cultural history, scholars have recently begun to rewrite the history of mid-twentieth-century Argentina. The New Cultural History of Peronism brings together the best of this important new scholarship.Situating Peronism within the broad arc of twentieth-century Argentine cultural change, the contributors focus on the interplay of cultural traditions, official policies, commercial imperatives, and popular perceptions. They describe how the Peron regime's rhetoric and representations helped to produce new ideas of national and collective identity. At the same time, they show how Argentines pursued their interests through their engagement with the Peronist project, and, in so doing, pushed the regime in new directions. While the volume's emphasis is on the first Peron presidency, one contributor explores the origins of the regime and two others consider Peronism's transformations in subsequent years. The essays address topics including mass culture and melodrama, folk music, pageants, social respectability, architecture, and the intense emotional investment inspired by Peronism. They examine the experiences of women, indigenous groups, middle-class anti-Peronists, internal migrants, academics, and workers. By illuminating the connections between the state and popular consciousness, The New Cultural History of Peronism exposes the contradictions and ambivalences that have characterized Argentine populism.Contributors: Anahi Ballent, Oscar Chamosa, Maria Damilakou, Eduardo Elena, Matthew B. Karush, Diana Lenton, Mirta Zaida Lobato, Natalia Milanesio, Mariano Ben Plotkin, Cesar Seveso, Lizel Tornay

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822392866
• Artikelnr.: 54815198

Autorenporträt

Matthew B. Karush and Oscar Chamosa, eds.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction / Matthew B. Karush and Oscar Chamosa 1
Populism, Melodrama, and the Market: The Mass Cultural Origins of Peronism
/ Matthew B. Karush 21
Peronists and Cabecitas: Stereotypes and Anxieties at the Peak of Social
Change / Natalie Milanesio 53
The Malón de la Paz of 1946: Indigenous Descamisados at the Dawn of
Peronism / Diana Lenton 85
Criollo and Peronist: The Argentine Folklore Movement during the First
Peronism, 1943–1955 / Oscar Chamosa 113
Unforgettable Kitsch: Images around Eva Peron / Anahi Ballent 143
Working-Class Beauty Queens Under Peronism / Mirta Zaida Lobato, María
Damilakou, and Lizel Tornay 171
Peronism in "Good Taste": Culture and Consumption in the Magazine
Argentina / Eduardo Elena 209
Political Emotions and the Origins of the Peronist Resistance / César
Seveso 239
Final Reflections / Mariano Ben Plotkin 271
Bibliography 289
About the Contributors 303
Index 305