LEADER 02767nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910459340403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93862-2 010 $a9786612938627 010 $a1-4399-0353-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019369 035 $a(EBL)534275 035 $a(OCoLC)630545143 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488561 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11307263 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488561 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10451257 035 $a(PQKB)11608090 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534275 035 $a(OCoLC)748360459 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15710 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534275 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387249 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293862 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019369 100 $a19930114d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aXuxa$b[electronic resource] $ethe mega-marketing of gender, race, and modernity /$fAmelia Simpson 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56639-101-6 311 $a1-56639-107-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-231) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Xuxamania; 1. Myths of Beauty and Myths of Race; 2. Xuxavision: Programmed Euphoria; 3. Mass Marketing the Messages; 4. Xhaping the Future; 5. Kids and Kidnappers; Notes; Index 330 $a""A fascinating new book...[that] offers a lucid academic critique of Xuxa's persona."" --Entertainment Weekly Former Playboy centerfold and soft-porn movie actress Xuxa (SHOO-sha) emerged in the 1980's as Brazil's mass media megastar. Through her children's television show, which reaches millions of people in Latin America and the United States, this blond sex symbol has attained extraordinary cultural authority. Reaching far beyond younger audiences, Xuxa's show informs the culture at large about gender relations, racial democracy, and idealized beauty. Backed by Brazil's TV Globo, the... 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects$zBrazil 606 $aWomen on television$zBrazil 606 $aTelevision and children$zBrazil 607 $aBrazil$xRace relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWomen on television 615 0$aTelevision and children 676 $a302.23/45/0981 700 $aSimpson$b Amelia S.$f1952-$0914350 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459340403321 996 $aXuxa$92048509 997 $aUNINA