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| Genre/Form: | Portraits |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Alberto Korda; Ernesto Guevara; Ernesto Guevara; Ernesto Guevara; Ernesto Guevara |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Casey |
| ISBN: | 9780307279309 0307279308 |
| OCLC Number: | 239228998 |
| Notes: | "A Vintage Books original"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | x, 388 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Becoming El Che : the making of a global brand. Havana, May 5, 1960 : a frozen millisecond ; Odysseus ; Sex, photos, revolution ; Banished, crucified, resurrected ; Milan, Paris, Berkeley : art, fashion, war, and peace -- Mimicking a martyr : San Ernesto of Latin America. Argentina : the prodigal son ; Bolivia : second coming ; Venezuela : the Chavistas' crusade ; Miami : the heretics -- Globalizing the spirit of Che : the paradoxical afterlife of a post-Cold War, post-Castro, postmodern Cuban icon. Omnipresence ; In search of the inner Che ; Merchants in the temple ; Epilogue : to be immortal. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Casey. |
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Abstract:
Casey, Buenos Aires bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires, examines intellectual property and iconography through the lens of the famous image of Che Guevara captured by fashion photographer Alberto Korda. The author does not neglect the relevant biographical details or history, but his focus is Che as a brand. He wants to understand why the Korda image remains so compelling to such a wide variety of people and how it continues to represent so many different (and differing) causes; he suggests that the power of Che, the brand, is in its ability to be anything to anyone.
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