Kennedy and Kahlo: Identity and Gender Issues in Biography
Kennedy and Kahlo: Identity and Gender Issues in Biography

Summary/Abstract: The following article pairs John F. Kennedy and Frida Kahlo with the intent of probing identity issues. The upshot of this investigation also poses questions regarding gender and biography as well. While Kahlo, the renowned Mexican postcolonial artist and life-long Communist supporter may seem an unlikely bedfellow for Kennedy, the privileged Irish son who tried to dismantle Communism, I argue this coupling serves to place in relief issues about identity. Kahlo is a kind of political and gendered Other. In discussing this pairing, the following discussion relies on Chris Matthews’ core biography Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero and Hayden Herrera’s biographical studies of Frida Kalho, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo and Frida Kahlo: The Paintings.

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