No me arrepiento de este amor: fans y devotos de Gilda, una cantante argentina = I do not regret this love : fans and devotees of Gilda, an Argentine singer
Gilda is the artistic name for Miriam Alejandra Bianchi, an Argentinean cumbia singer who died in an automobile accident in 1996. This essay, based on field-work done between March of 2002 and September of 2003, among members of her fan clubs and visitors to her tomb, proposes to describe the constr...
| Subtitles: | I do not regret this love |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur
2004
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| In: |
Ciencias sociales y religión
Year: 2004, Volume: 6, Issue: 6, Pages: 101-115 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion
B Catholicism B Popular cult B Popular singer |
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| Summary: | Gilda is the artistic name for Miriam Alejandra Bianchi, an Argentinean cumbia singer who died in an automobile accident in 1996. This essay, based on field-work done between March of 2002 and September of 2003, among members of her fan clubs and visitors to her tomb, proposes to describe the constructive tension that constitutes those who “follow” Gilda. I begin by classifying the various forms of self-definition that are based on the figure of this singer and that in turn are responsible for her status. For some, “devotees” and ”promise-keepers”, she is a “saint”, to whom promises and sacrifices are made. For other “fans”, those who belong to her fan clubs, she is not a “saint”, even denied the title. They avoid or make fun of the inappropriate gestures made by the “religious”, even though they also make petitions to her or will attribute to her miracles in their lives. |
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| ISSN: | 1982-2650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciencias sociales y religión
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22456/1982-2650.2268 |