Orquídea Santos Cadilhe

• Professor
• Professor at University of Minho

Carmen Miranda continua ainda hoje a ser motivo de debate sobre auten-ticidade cultural e estereótipos, causando respostas ambivalentes à sua personagem. Este artigo tem como objetivo estabelecer desvios e analogias entre leituras que foram feitas da sua imagem como signo cultural em três contextos históricos diferentes, nomeadamente durante o Esta...

When looking at representations of women, one is faced with the way such representations were conditioned by the prevailing mentality of a particular age, that is to say, how they were ‘framed’ by it. In this article we start by carefully looking at how, in spite of having had frames imposed on them in a constraining way, women have successfully re...

This paper aims to reflect on the contribution of popular culture to the deconstruction of hegemonic masculinities and on how popular culture can be used in the classroom context as a powerful tool for overcoming gender binarism outside of feminist academic circles. In particular, the paper will discuss the film adaptation of John Updike's novel "T...

Este artigo tem como objetivo demonstrar como, no episódio de Ficheiros secretos intitulado «O Prometeu pós-moderno», o criador da série, Chris Carter, rescreve Frankenstein, ou o moderno Prometeu, de Mary Shelley. Carter apropria-se do mito de Prometeu para quebrar barreiras de iden-tidades o ciais, celebrar o hibridismo, a diferença, e dar voz ao...

In this paper I aim at showing the power of subversive performances in helping us unders- tand our own selves as well as ban pejorative myths built around ‘marginal’ identities. In order to do so I will be looking at the fandom phenomenon through the lenses of Robert Altman’s 1982 film Come back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, an adaptatio...

This dissertation discusses the concept of the ‘celebrity myth’ in the context of cultural studies in dialogue with performative studies as well as gender studies. It aims to research the impact of popular culture icons in contemporary society and question up to what extent they are catalysts of social ruptures and changes, ultimately demonstrating...

This paper aims at showing how Cher's performance helps break barriers of official identities, celebrates difference, and ultimately voices the marginal. Her career is a vast repertoire of ethnic, feminist, and postmodern representations. It celebrates hybridity and self-transformation and is rooted in her ancestry and the sociocultural context of...