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496. Evita: The World's Most Powerful Woman (Part 3)

2024/9/22
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Eva Perón's journey from radio actress to political icon is explored, highlighting her captivating rhetoric, connection with the working class, and the unique emotional appeal of Peronism.
  • Eva Perón's transition from a radio actress to a political figure mirrored the narrative in the musical Evita.
  • Her speeches resonated with the working class, emphasizing love, martyrdom, and sacrifice, themes borrowed from tango and soap operas.
  • Peronism's distinct emotional appeal set it apart from other political movements.

Shownotes Transcript

“There is only one man who can lead any worker’s regime.”

Together, Eva and Colonel Perón built a political movement powered by operatic rhetoric. Perónism promised genuine benefits for the working class, denouncing violence and emphasising ritual and spectacle. Eva embodied the working-class migrant to Buenos Aires that Perón sought to attract, and she increasingly entered the role of his partner both at home and in government.

Ostentatiously flamboyant in her dress sense, how did Evita become a woman of the people who also wore Christian Dior?

Listen as Tom and Dominic unpack how Eva became Evita, the most powerful woman in global politics.


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