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Hollywood Musicals and the Invention of Rio de Janeiro, 1933-1953

2002; University of Texas Press; Volume: 41; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/cj.2002.0014

1527-2087

Bianca Freire-Medeiros,

Theater, Performance, and Music History

This article reflects on the relationships among space, identity, and cinematic representations by looking at the ways in which Rio de Janeiro was represented in four Hollywood musicals: Flying down to Rio (1933), That Night in Rio (1941), Road to Rio (1947), and Latin Lovers (1953).