The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist Argentina

Peron’s return to Argentina in 1973 was staged as a masterpiece of political rhetoric. This was the point of departure for a new Argentina built on myths of the past, but Peron was going to become the victim of his own rhetorical success. His virtuosity of the 50s in managing and hiding contradictio...

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Main Author: Alberto Medina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2014-06-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/587
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description Peron’s return to Argentina in 1973 was staged as a masterpiece of political rhetoric. This was the point of departure for a new Argentina built on myths of the past, but Peron was going to become the victim of his own rhetorical success. His virtuosity of the 50s in managing and hiding contradictions behind personal cult is not there anymore. A characterization of the political and rhetorical content of that event is used as the threshold for a study of the political uses of fetishism in Peronist discourse and different “texts” related to it.
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spelling doaj.art-a320fa6b12a449f9b715ccb3c81bcee82022-12-21T19:10:33ZengIberoamericana / VervuertIberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal1577-33882255-520X2014-06-0139536410.18441/ibam.3.2003.9.53-64267The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist ArgentinaAlberto MedinaPeron’s return to Argentina in 1973 was staged as a masterpiece of political rhetoric. This was the point of departure for a new Argentina built on myths of the past, but Peron was going to become the victim of his own rhetorical success. His virtuosity of the 50s in managing and hiding contradictions behind personal cult is not there anymore. A characterization of the political and rhetorical content of that event is used as the threshold for a study of the political uses of fetishism in Peronist discourse and different “texts” related to it.http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/587PeronismoRepresentaciones históricasHistoria de ArgentinaIdeología y lenguaje
spellingShingle Alberto Medina
The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist Argentina
Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Peronismo
Representaciones históricas
Historia de Argentina
Ideología y lenguaje
title The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist Argentina
title_full The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist Argentina
title_fullStr The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist Argentina
title_full_unstemmed The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist Argentina
title_short The Return of the Sphinx: State Fetishism and Political Discourse in Peronist Argentina
title_sort return of the sphinx state fetishism and political discourse in peronist argentina
topic Peronismo
Representaciones históricas
Historia de Argentina
Ideología y lenguaje
url http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/587
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