Carmen Miranda
Examines Carmen Miranda's work and representation from Brazilian radio stardom to Hollywood fame in the 1940s-50s, analyzing cultural contexts like gender, race, and camp.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 3.56 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2017: 3.77 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.58 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Examine the work, representation, and interpretation of Carmen Miranda in US film, media and popular culture from the late 1930s through to the present day.
Analyze concepts such as the gendered spectacle, the representation of race and ethnicity, women in popular culture, censorship and parody, the dialects of ‘camp’, drag, and Latinidade in Brazil and the United States.
Summarize the gendered politics of performance through the Hollywood musical and the period of the Good Neighborhood Policy.
Interpret critically different forms of texts including biographical writing, fan magazines, commercial newspaper articles, academic articles, press kits, film reviews, publicities, film trailers, posters and other paraphernalia.
Design and complete a research project related to course material.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 3.56 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2017: 3.77 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.58 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).
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Topics
- Carmen Miranda's career trajectory from Brazil to Hollywood
- Gender, race, ethnicity, camp, drag, and Latinidade in popular culture
- Gendered politics of performance in Hollywood musicals and the Good Neighborhood Policy era
Skills
- Analyzing cultural concepts including gendered spectacle, race, ethnicity, and Latinidade
- Critically interpreting diverse textual and media formats
- Designing and completing research projects
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