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Author Shaw, Lisa, 1966- author.

Title Carmen Miranda / Lisa Shaw
Published Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 158 pages) : illustrations
Series Film stars
Film stars.
Contents Introduction -- Carmen Miranda and film stardom in Brazil -- Carmen Miranda in Hollywood -- Reproducing Carmen Miranda
Summary "This title traces Carmen Miranda's 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 U.S."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Notes "A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan"
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148), filmography (pages 149-151) and index
Subject Miranda, Carmen, 1909-1955.
SUBJECT Miranda, Carmen, 1909-1955 fast
Miranda, Carmen 1909-1955 gnd
Subject Singers -- Brazil -- Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Brazil -- Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses
Singers
Film
Brazil
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author British Film Institute.
ISBN 9781838711733
1838711732