AS.361.341 Peronismo and the Iconic Presence of Evita: Challenges of Representation

E. Picech Reisinger

• This course is designed to introduce students to the literary and artistic production originated by Peronismo and particularly by Evita. It explores the historical period that consolidated Peronismo and devotes great amount of time to the controversial figure of Evita. She has fed the popular imagination; her representations have reached far beyond the limits of Argentina. The materials will include different genres: biographical, historical, fictional, and documentary.

  Prereq: Satisfactory completion of an introductory course in Latin American Studies, History, Sociology, or Political Sciences.

  Th 4:00-6:20PM on The Johns Hopkins University campus 

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