“They said I came back Americanized”: cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of Carmen Miranda

This paper analyzes Carmen Miranda’s trajectory by situating it in the broader context of the disputes about Brazilian nationality between 1920 and 1940. At the intersection between her career and the Brazilian political culture of her time, the paper discusses her role in mediating the symbols that...

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Main Author: Julia O’Donnell
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Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative 2015-05-01
Series:Ateliers d'Anthropologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/9759
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description This paper analyzes Carmen Miranda’s trajectory by situating it in the broader context of the disputes about Brazilian nationality between 1920 and 1940. At the intersection between her career and the Brazilian political culture of her time, the paper discusses her role in mediating the symbols that contributed to a particular national project that made the samba the country’s unmistakable trademark.
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“They said I came back Americanized”: cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of Carmen Miranda
Ateliers d'Anthropologie
Brazil
cosmopolitanism
Carmen Miranda
Rio de Janeiro
samba
title “They said I came back Americanized”: cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of Carmen Miranda
title_full “They said I came back Americanized”: cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of Carmen Miranda
title_fullStr “They said I came back Americanized”: cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of Carmen Miranda
title_full_unstemmed “They said I came back Americanized”: cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of Carmen Miranda
title_short “They said I came back Americanized”: cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of Carmen Miranda
title_sort they said i came back americanized cosmopolitanism and mediation in the trajectory of carmen miranda
topic Brazil
cosmopolitanism
Carmen Miranda
Rio de Janeiro
samba
url https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/9759
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