A Strange Emblem for a (Not So) White Nation: La Morocha Argentina in the Latin American Racial Context, c. 1900-2015.
This article explores the origins of La morocha argentina as an unofficial national emblem, the personification of the quintessential Argentinean woman, from its emergence in the early twentieth century to the present. A typical character of vernacular popular culture, the Argentinean "morocha" is c...
| Published in: | Journal of Social History Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 386 - 411 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Winter2016
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