Images of Latin America in the body and costumes of Carmen Miranda’s stylized “baiana”: social memory and identity

Authors

  • Mara Rúbia Sant’Anna Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (BR)
  • Káritha Bernardo Macedo Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (BR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.24(2013).1783

Keywords:

Carmen Miranda, stylized “Baiana” costume, identity, social memory

Abstract

This is a study on the costumes worn by Carmen Miranda during the Hollywood film “Week-End in Havana”, released in 1941. It analyzes the elements of costume and discusses how they are appropriate in the current fashion discourse reinforcing or perpetuating, somehow, the discourse about Brazil and Latin America created by the performance of Carmen many decades ago. 

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Published

2014-04-30

How to Cite

Sant’Anna, M. R., & Macedo, K. B. (2014). Images of Latin America in the body and costumes of Carmen Miranda’s stylized “baiana”: social memory and identity. Comunicação E Sociedade, 24, 186-209. https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.24(2013).1783

Issue

Vol. 24 (2013): Fashion and Contemporaneity

Section

Bodies, Identity, Fashion, Sustentability and the Market

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