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Zusatztext Vivid, thoughtful and perceptive Informationen zum Autor Jill Hedges has been Senior Editor for Latin America at Oxford Analytica since 2001. Klappentext 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'. Vorwort Based on new sources and first-hand interviews, this book seeks to explore the personality and experiences of Evita. This first substantive biography of Eva Peron in English is essential reading for anyone interested in modern Argentinean history and the cult of Evita. Zusammenfassung 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'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
