Carmen Miranda and the Mexican cabaretera - Body, border and the mediations around the national-popular in Latin American culture
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https://doi.org/10.4013/5393Abstract
The baiana performed by Carmen Miranda was configured as an open text in which other discussions of identities were presented from the internalization of a Brazilian mestizo project. Starting with concepts like body, border and what is considered popular, we see how the performance of this character contributed to a dialogue with the cabaretera of Mexican movies of the forties (according to Paul Zumthor, 2001). In this reading of the body as a political locus we present the body of Eva Perón as a mediator of the discussions around hegemony and resistance, indicating that, in Latin America, the modernization of the states starting from the national moved along with the development of a mass culture.
Key words: body, Carmen Miranda, Mexican cabaretera.Downloads
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