University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository History ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-25-2016 Everything Is Drag: The olitP ics of Performing Beautiful Women in Cold War Chile Carson Emily Morris Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Morris, Carson Emily. "Everything Is Drag: The oP litics of Performing Beautiful Women in Cold War Chile." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/57 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in History ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Carson Emily Morris Candidate History Department This dissertation is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Dissertation Committee: Dr. Elizabeth Q. Hutchison, Chairperson Dr. Kimberly Gauderman Dr. Judy Bieber Dr. Margaret Jane Slaughter Dr. Stephen Gundle EVERYTHING IS DRAG: THE POLITICS OF PERFORMING BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN COLD WAR CHILE By Carson Emily Morris B.A., Spanish, Wake Forest University, 2002 M.A., Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico, 2006 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy History The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico July, 2016 ©2016, Carson Emily Morris iii Dedication To Nana, With infinite love This dissertation is dedicated to my maternal grandmother, Margaret “Peg” Bailey Stanfield Walker, fondly known to me and to her other grandchildren as Nana. Although she did not live to see its completion, this dissertation would not exist had it not been for her encouragement and insistence that I finish my PhD.