This week I will be looking at the influence of Evita and the renunciamento. I found it interesting how Evita would often conflate herself with the people, such as when she said: “my General, we the people, your vanguard of descamisados…”. Here she associates herself with the people by saying “we”, but at other times […]
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It was incredibly interesting to read Dawson’s document about Maria Peron, and the power of the radio in Latin American society. In a region where many people have strong political views that can sometimes be expressed through violence, the leaders of these nations are the source of their fire. Maria Peron, although a woman in […]
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