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1 online resource (302 pages) |
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STARS AND STARDOM IN BRAZILIAN CINEMA; Contents; Acknowledgments; lllustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Consuming visions ; Chapter 2 A star system created by fans ; Chapter 3 A star in the spotlight ; Chapter 4 Carmen Miranda ; Chapter 5 Cinelândia magazine and the creation of home-grown movie stars in the 1950s ; Chapter 6 Oscarito and Grande Otelo ; Chapter 7 Eliane Lage ; Chapter 8 Radio stars on screen ; Chapter 9 Jece Valadão, the 'charming crook' ; Chapter 10 José Mojica Marins versus Coffin Joe ; Chapter 11 As loiras ; Chapter 12 A star is born ; Chapter 13 The black body reframed |
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Chapter 14 Seu Jorge as a cross-media star Chapter 15 Latin lover or Latin(o) loser? ; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
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Motion pictures -- Brazil -- History
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Motion picture industry -- Brazil
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Actors -- Brazil
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ART / Film & Video.
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Actors
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Motion picture industry
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Motion pictures
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Brazil
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Shaw, Lisa
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Vieira, João Luiz
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| ISBN |
9781785332999 |
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1785332996 |
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