Carmen Miranda
This is the first book-length study of Carmen Miranda in English. It traces her origins as a radio singer, recording artist and film star in Brazil in the 1930s, before exploring in depth her Hollywood screen roles and the construction of her long-lasting star persona in the USA.
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Carmen Miranda
This is the first book-length study of Carmen Miranda in English. It traces her origins as a radio singer, recording artist and film star in Brazil in the 1930s, before exploring in depth her Hollywood screen roles and the construction of her long-lasting star persona in the USA.
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Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

by Lisa Shaw
Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

by Lisa Shaw

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Overview

This is the first book-length study of Carmen Miranda in English. It traces her origins as a radio singer, recording artist and film star in Brazil in the 1930s, before exploring in depth her Hollywood screen roles and the construction of her long-lasting star persona in the USA.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781838714895
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 07/25/2019
Series: Film Stars
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 168
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

LISA SHAW is a Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is the author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999), and co-author (with Stephanie Dennison) of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and Brazilian National Cinema (2007). She co-edited (with Rob Stone) the book Screening Songs in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema (2012), and was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust to complete a research project entitled 'Tropical Travels: Brazilian Popular Culture Abroad, 1870-1945' in 2012.
LISA SHAW is a Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is the author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999), and co-author (with Stephanie Dennison) of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and Brazilian National Cinema (2007). She co-edited (with Rob Stone) the book Screening Songs in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema (2012), and was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust to complete a research project entitled 'Tropical Travels: Brazilian Popular Culture Abroad, 1870-1945' in 2012.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- 1 Carmen Miranda and Film Stardom in Brazil.- 2 Carmen Miranda in Hollywood.- 3 Reproducing Carmen Miranda.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Filmography.- Index.
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