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Week 9: Primary Source Blog Post

Due in class (300 words)

Read Paulina Alberto's article, "El Negro Raúl: Lives and Afterlives of an Afro-Argentine Celebrity, 1886 to the Present." In your blog post, consider how Alberto uses primary sources to support her analysis. What kind of sources does she use to document the life of Raúl Grigera? Pay particular attention to the footnotes in the article. Alberto includes several links in her footnotes; what additional information do these websites offer? How does Alberto analyze them?