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Author : Ana Rita Mendonça
Release : 1999
Genre : Singers
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Carmen Miranda foi a Washington by : Ana Rita Mendonça
Download or read book Carmen Miranda foi a Washington written by Ana Rita Mendonça. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa Shaw
Release : 2019-07-25
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 901/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Carmen Miranda by : Lisa Shaw
Download or read book Carmen Miranda written by Lisa Shaw. This book was released on 2019-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez
Release : 2021-04-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 853/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Creating Carmen Miranda by : Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez
Download or read book Creating Carmen Miranda written by Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez. This book was released on 2021-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carmen Miranda got knocked down and kept going. Filming an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, the "ambassadress of samba" suddenly took a knee during a dance number, clearly in distress. Durante covered without missing a beat, and Miranda was back on her feet in a matter of moments to continue with what she did best: performing. By the next morning, she was dead from heart failure at age 46. This final performance in many ways exemplified the power of Carmen Miranda. The actress, singer, and dancer pursued a relentless mission to demonstrate the provocative theatrical force of her cultural roots in Brazil. Armed with bare-midriff dresses, platform shoes, and her iconic fruit-basket headdresses, Miranda stole the show in films like That Night in Rio and The Gang's All Here. For American film audiences, her life was an example of the exoticism of a mysterious, sensual South America. For Brazilian and Latin American audiences, she was an icon. For the gay community, she became a work of art personified and a symbol of courage and charisma. In Creating Carmen Miranda, Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez takes the reader through the myriad methods Miranda consciously used to shape her performance of race, gender, and camp culture, all to further her journey down the road to becoming a legend.
Author : Lisa Shaw
Release : 2014-05-01
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 108/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Brazilian National Cinema by : Lisa Shaw
Download or read book Brazilian National Cinema written by Lisa Shaw. This book was released on 2014-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazilian cinema is one of the most influential national cinemas in Latin America and this wide-ranging study traces the evolution of Brazilian film from the silent era to the present day, including detailed studies of more recent international box-office hits, such as Central Station (1998) and City of God (2002). Brazilian National Cinema gives due importance to traditionally overlooked aspects of Brazilian cinema, such as popular genres, ranging from musical comedies (the chanchada) to soft-core porn films (the pornochanchada) and horror films, and also provides a fresh approach to the internationally acclaimed avant-garde Cinema Novo of the 1960s. Lisa Shaw and Stephanie Dennison apply recent theories on stardom, particularly relating to issues of ethnicity, race and gender, to both well-known Brazilian performers, such as Carmen Miranda and Sonia Braga, and lesser known domestic icons, such as the Afro-Brazilian comic actor, Grande Otelo (Big Othello), and the uberblonde children’s TV and film star, and media mogul, Xuxa. This timely addition to the National Cinemas series provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Brazilian cinema and issues of national and cultural identity.
Author : Tim Bergfelder
Release : 2016-12-01
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 996/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema by : Tim Bergfelder
Download or read book Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema written by Tim Bergfelder. This book was released on 2016-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the recent explosion of scholarly interest in “star studies,” Brazilian film has received comparatively little attention. As this volume demonstrates, however, the richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda. Among the studies assembled here are fascinating explorations of figures such as Eliane Lage (the star attraction of São Paulo’s Vera Cruz studios), cult horror movie auteur Coffin Joe, and Lázaro Ramos, the most visible Afro-Brazilian actor today. At the same time, contributors interrogate the inner workings of the star system in Brazil, from the pioneering efforts of silent-era actresses to the recent advent of the non-professional movie star.
