Session Details

Thursday, 29 December

404. Revisiting Carmen Miranda Fifty Years Later

10:15–11:30 a.m., Cabinet, Washington Hilton

A special session

Presiding: Kathryn M. Sanchez, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

1. “Camping and Revamping Carmen Miranda: From Cybermirandolatry to Carmenglish,” Steven F. Butterman, Univ. of Miami

2. “Carmen Miranda Shakes It for the Nation: Dance and Latina Representation in 1940s Hollywood,” Priscilla Ovalle, Univ. of Southern California

3. “Carmen Miranda: The Staging of Identity,” Silvana Seabra de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

For copies of abstracts, write to ksanchez2@wisc.edu.

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