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Carmen Miranda: the alternative history of the Brazilian Bombshell [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Hypothesis Historia Periodical, Vol.
Sousa, Sofia
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Carmen Miranda and Brasilidade: Hollywood glamour and exoticism reinterpreted

Film Fashion and Consumption, 2013
Abstract This article examines the role leading twentieth-century Brazilian popular culture figure, Carmen Miranda, had in shaping modern ideas of brasilidade/Brazilianness. I show that she became a popular film and radio star in 1930s Brazil not only because she was an adept performer, but also because she crafted a public image ...
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The celebritisation of Carmen Miranda in New York, 1939–41

Celebrity Studies, 2010
This article considers the process of celebritisation that Carmen Miranda rapidly underwent after arriving in the United States for the first time in 1939. It focuses upon the period she spent in New York (1939–41), performing on Broadway, prior to her move to Hollywood, and examines how she negotiated her move from Brazil to North America via a ...
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