CARMEN MIRANDA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the work, representation, and interpretation of Carmen Miranda in US film, media and popular culture from the late 1930s through to the present day. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze concepts such as the gendered spectacle, the representation of race and ethnicity, women in popular culture, censorship and parody, the dialects of ‘camp’, drag, and Latinidade in Brazil and the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Summarize the gendered politics of performance through the Hollywood musical and the period of the Good Neighborhood Policy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Interpret critically different forms of texts including biographical writing, fan magazines, commercial newspaper articles, academic articles, press kits, film reviews, publicities, film trailers, posters and other paraphernalia. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Design and complete a research project related to course material. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the work, representation, and interpretation of Carmen Miranda in US film, media and popular culture from the late 1930s through to the present day. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze concepts such as the gendered spectacle, the representation of race and ethnicity, women in popular culture, censorship and parody, the dialects of ‘camp’, drag, and Latinidade in Brazil and the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Summarize the gendered politics of performance through the Hollywood musical and the period of the Good Neighborhood Policy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Interpret critically different forms of texts including biographical writing, fan magazines, commercial newspaper articles, academic articles, press kits, film reviews, publicities, film trailers, posters and other paraphernalia. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Design and complete a research project related to course material. Audience: Graduate