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
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The author doesn’t suggest she assesses films in ways that are not similar to previous assessments. Although she is studying something that’s under-discussed (Tucker), we don’t know that anything she says about films mentioned in the biography will go against what other people say about those films.
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The author doesn’t suggest that she herself participated with Tucker in any films/plays or other theater projects.
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The author doesn’t suggest that she doesn’t expect to be recognized as a mainstream participant in scholarship concerning film/theater history. Although she’s writing about a topic that’s under-discussed, that doesn’t imply she thinks her scholarship won’t be recognized as part of the mainstream. There’s a difference between Tucker being under-discussed in scholarship and the author’s own status as a historian. She might think she’ll be recognized as a mainstream historian even if she writes about subjects that have previously been under-discussed.
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The author doesn’t suggest that the rhetorical structure of the biography isn’t similar to the structures of other biographies. Although the author would agree that the subject matter is different from other biographies, this doesn’t imply that she thinks the way the biography is structures is different.