Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema

Herausgeber: Bergfelder, Tim; Vieira, João Luiz; Shaw, Lisa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda, and among the studies assembled in this volume are fascinating explorations of figures alongside interrogations of the inner workings of the star system in Brazil.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9781785332982
• ISBN-10: 1785332988
• Artikelnr.: 45231440

Autorenporträt

Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999) and Carmen Miranda (2013). She is currently completing a monograph entitled Tropical Travels: Brazilian Popular Performance, 'Race' and Transnational Encounters, 1880s-1950s, for which she was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Lisa Shaw and Tim Bergfelder
Chapter 1. Consuming visions: female stars, the melindrosa and desires for
a Brazilian film industry
Maite Conde
Chapter 2. A star system created by fans: Pernambucan cinema in the 1920s
Luciana Corrêa de Araújo
Chapter 3. A star in the spotlight: Carmen Santos and Brazilian cinema of
the 1920s
Ana Pessoa
Chapter 4. Carmen Miranda: from national star to global brand
Ana Rita Mendonça and Lisa Shaw
Chapter 5. Cinelândia magazine and the creation of home-grown movie stars
in the 1950s
Lisa Shaw
Chapter 6. Oscarito and Grande Otelo: 'the terrible twosome'
Jõao Luiz Vieira and Leonardo Macario
Chapter 7. Eliane Lage: a falling star in the skies of the Tropics
Ana Carolina de Moura Delfim Maciel
Chapter 8. Radio stars on screen: critiques of stardom in Moacyr Fenelon's
Tudo azul (1952)
Luís Alberto Rocha Melo
Chapter 9. Jece Valadão, the 'charming crook': a star image between
tradition and modernity
Rafael de Luna Freire
Chapter 10. José Mojica Marins versus Coffin Joe: auteurism and stardom in
Brazilian cinema
Laura Canepa
Chapter 11. As loiras: Brazil's screen blondes
Stephanie Dennison
Chapter 12. A star is born: the rising profile of the non-professional
actor in recent Brazilian cinema
Charlotte Gleghorn
Chapter 13. The black body reframed: Lázaro Ramos and the performance of
interracial love
Ben Hoff
Chapter 14. Seu Jorge as a cross-media star: from local authenticity to
global appeal
Katia Augusta Maciel
Chapter 15. Latin lover or Latin(o) loser? Rodrigo Santoro and the
Hollywood stereotype
Daniel O'Brien
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index