Cultural Ambassadorship and the Pan-American Games of the 1950s

Elsey, Brenda

doi:10.1080/09523367.2015.1117451

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“…The sporting press, for instance, reacted favorably to the state initiatives promoted by Perón, most notably expressed in the organization of the Pan American Games in 1951. Despite celebrating the democratization of sports and its extension to women and children, Chilean sportswriters criticized Perón for his "excessive cultural diplomacy" and accused him of using sports with a proselytizing agenda (Elsey 2016;Acuña 2019).…”

Section: Histories Of Peronism In Chilementioning

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Transnational Visual Parodies: Political Cartoons of Perón in the Chilean Satirical Magazine Topaze, 1943–1958

Acuña

2024

Lat. Am. res. rev.

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Although a few historians have discussed the influence of Peronism in Chile, research has been guided mostly by diplomatic studies and political history, which, though important, are less convincing for historians interested in logics of media representation, particularly from the satirical press. This article explores visual representations of Argentina’s president Juan Perón (1946–1955) in the Chilean magazine Topaze. By discussing and contextualizing a series of images produced by Chilean cartoonists, this study provides new insights into the important role played by the press in shaping anti-Peronist sensibilities and discrediting Perón within Chilean domestic politics. Studying the impact of Peronism in the region—particularly in neighboring countries such as Chile—is useful for thinking about Peronism as a transnational phenomenon with multiple meanings outside Argentina.

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Section: Histories Of Peronism In Chilementioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational Visual Parodies: Political Cartoons of Perón in the Chilean Satirical Magazine Topaze, 1943–1958

Acuña

2024

Lat. Am. res. rev.

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“…Su victoria era "manifestación cabal de un espíritu nacional" 9 . Un comentarista que en la radio intentó argumentar que el seleccionado estadounidense no era el más fuerte que ese país podía haber presentado (la mayor parte de los jugadores eran del Denver Chevrolet, Phillips 66 y de la Universidad de Oklahoma) pagó por su opinión con su puesto de trabajo Elsey, 2016).…”

Section: De Los Juegos Olímpicos En Londres a Los Juegos Panamericanounclassified

Política, deporte y diplomacia cultural: la Nueva Argentina de Perón y los Juegos Panamericanos de 1951

Rein

2017

Anu. Inst. Hist. Argent.

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RESUMENEl régimen peronista alentó y financió una amplia variedad de actividades deportivas. Esta inversión rindió sus frutos también en el extranjero y Perón intentó capitalizar los logros de atletas individuales, así como de seleccionados nacionales en competencias internacionales. Los logros eran presentados como una victoria colectiva de la sociedad argentina. La participación argentina en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres (1948), el campeonato mundial de básquetbol que se celebró en Buenos Aires en 1950 y sobre todo los primeros Juegos Panamericanos del año siguiente promovían el patriotismo y la unidad nacional en el frente doméstico y servían como diplomacia cultural para mejorar la imagen del país allende las fronteras. Este artículo ofrece una lectura minuciosa del suplemento de 250 páginas que publicó el periódico Mundo Deportivo, auspiciado por las autoridades nacionales, a la semana siguiente de la clausura de los juegos.

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Playing across the Andes: Sports Media and Populism in Argentina and Chile

Acuña

2019

J. Lat. Am. Stud.

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This article examines the central role of sports media in the discussions about national sports programmes at the peak of Latin American populism, particularly during the governments of Juan Perón in Argentina (1946–55) and Carlos Ibáñez in Chile (1952–8). By exploring sports publications such as the Argentine magazines Mundo Deportivo and El Gráfico and the Chilean weekly Estadio, I argue that sports media staged stories and images that were both inspired by, and critical of, the larger populist projects in Argentina and Chile. Photographers and cartoonists, often in collaboration with sportswriters, produced and crafted populist ideas about class collaboration, the inclusion of children in the state project and women's participation in politics.

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Cultural Ambassadorship and the Pan-American Games of the 1950s

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Transnational Visual Parodies: Political Cartoons of Perón in the Chilean Satirical Magazine Topaze, 1943–1958

Transnational Visual Parodies: Political Cartoons of Perón in the Chilean Satirical Magazine Topaze, 1943–1958

Política, deporte y diplomacia cultural: la Nueva Argentina de Perón y los Juegos Panamericanos de 1951

Playing across the Andes: Sports Media and Populism in Argentina and Chile

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