Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization
CARMEN MIRANDADADABy Caetano Veloso
about the article: an examination
of the significance of Carmen Miranda for Tropicalia, the watershed movement
led by the author in the late 1960s, and her enduring legacy in and outside
of Brazil.
about the author
CAETANO VELOSO is a world renowned
singer-songwriter/recording artist. and the author of Verdade
Tropical (1997; Tropical Truth, 2002). He resides in Rio de
Janeiro and Salvador, and visits New York on occasion. His latest
interview on NPR can be found in their sound archives.
background is the cover of Caetano Veloso's 1997 book