Sunday, 4 June 2023

The Black Dandy of Buenos Aires: Racial Fictions and the Search for Raúl Grigera

quote [ A mysterious staple of Buenos Aires nightlife in the 1910s and 20s, Raúl Grigera was an audacious Afro-Argentine dandy, an eccentric bohemian icon, a man who called himself el murciélago (the bat). Paulina L. Alberto examines the racial stories told by photographs, comic strips, and newspaper articles about a person many knew only as “el negro Raúl”, searching for the life behind the legend. ]

What will we do to become famous and dandy
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[by ScoobySnacks@11:22amGMT]

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