Self-study
P1
Until my present study, African American entertainer Lorenzo Tucker had not been extensively discussed in histories of United States theater and film. ███
Intro to Topic ·
Tucker (entertainer)
Overlooked, until now.
Tucker ·
Jack of all trades
Worked as actor, singer, dancer, MC, producer, manager, administration, etc.
Tucker ·
Source of history
He personally witnessed the history of African American theater and film. His collection of artifacts is also first hand source material.
P2
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Research Methodology ·
Special library collections, films, interviews with contemporaries
Primary Source ·
Personal interviews with Tucker
P3
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Advantage of Method ·
Access to personal oral testimony
Disadvantage of Method ·
Testimony could be biased
Author needs to verify.
P4
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Verification ·
What could not be verified was excluded
But most of his testimony has been corroborated.
Conclusion ·
This study weaves together evidence to shed light on Tucker's career.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
5.
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The author doesn’t criticize any political or intellectual traditions.
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The author doesn’t suggest she’s using an “alternative method” of historical investigation. She studies items, books, and conducts interviews. She never presents this as some new method.
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The author doesn’t summarize the main point of her Lorenzo Tucker study. We have no idea what lessons she draws from Tucker’s life or even what kinds of events occurred in his life. P1 briefly describes Tucker’s background as a way of explaining why the author studies Tucker, but this doesn’t give us the main points of the biography.
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The author doesn’t reexamine any previously held views.
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This best captures the author’s purpose. She explains why she studies Tucker in P1 and describes the methodology of her study in the rest of the passage.