Resumen de Brasil-Hollywood: Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian Bombshell
Carmen Miranda incarnated one of Hollywood’s most stereotyped images of Latin America. There are two key moments of her transformation into a cult figure. She began her career as the most popular music star in Brazil to later evolve as an icon of Brazilian identity. The Good Neighbor Policy would pressure the “Brazilian Bombshell,” already a success in Hollywood, to serve as the representative image for the entire continent, supplying the United States with an image of tropical abundance, symbolized by her opulent turban.
