Carmen Miranda
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Carmen Miranda
By (Author) Lisa Shaw
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
BFI Publishing
27th February 2013
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Films, cinema
791.43028092
Physical Properties
Paperback
168
Width 134mm, Height 188mm, Spine 14mm
280g
Description
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.
Reviews
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Author Bio
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.
