Family, Power, and Legacy: Crash Course Latin American Literature #9
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Families are personalbut they can also be political. In this episode of Crash Course Latin American Literature, we’ll take a look at a 19th-century romance novel and poems about motherhood. But we’ll also compare two contemporary novels about growing upand relating to the people who raised you.
Introduction: Mi Pueblito 00: 00
Romance Novels 0: 34
Iracema 1: 14
Gabriela Mistral 3: 18
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 5: 29
We the Animals 7: 57
Review & Credits 10: 15
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CC Kids: Date: 2026-01-23
changchi3709 I love this series! Through the series I feel like I'm beginning to comprehend why I am drawn to Latin American writers. It seems so much of my culture is reflected and/or similar with the Latin American countries.
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dylath2304 I couldn’t get through I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, I found the narrator insufferable. Curly made it sound good though, should I give it another shot reply
