Black Legend - The Many Lives of Raul Grigera and the Power of Racial Storytelling in Argentina (Hardcover, New edition)

Celebrities live their lives in constant dialogue with stories about them. But when these stories are shaped by durable racist myths, they wield undue power to ruin lives and obliterate communities. Black Legend is the haunting story of an Afro-Argentine, Raul Grigera ('el negro Raul'), who in the early 1900s audaciously fashioned himself into an alluring Black icon of Buenos Aires' bohemian nightlife, only to have defamatory storytellers unmake him. In this gripping history, Paulina Alberto exposes the destructive power of racial storytelling and narrates a new history of Black Argentina and Argentine Blackness across two centuries. With the extraordinary Raul Grigera at its center, Black Legend opens new windows into lived experiences of Blackness in a 'white' nation, and illuminates how Raul's experience of celebrity was not far removed from more ordinary experiences of racial stories in the flesh.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Afro-Latin America
Release date:	December 2021
Authors:	Paulina L. Alberto
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	410
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-84555-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Promotions
LSN:	1-108-84555-X
Barcode:	9781108845557

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