This week we reviewed/ revisited the idea that Latin America is, as Alexander Dawson describes it, as being Gilded with modernity. Modernity affects only parts of Latin America and ignores others. The Poet Ruben Dario This week I wanted to focus on the poem by Ruben Dario, called “To Rosevelt”. I found this poem to […]
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This week we reviewed/ revisited the idea that Latin America is, as Alexander Dawson describes it, as being Gilded with modernity. Modernity affects only parts of Latin America and ignores others. The Poet Ruben Dario This week I wanted to focus on the poem by Ruben Dario, called “To Rosevelt”. I found this poem to […]
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I think that this week’s topic was another example of the multiplicity within Latin America and how different periods can mean such different things depending on who’s speaking. This is especially complex in reference to the Mexican revolution. When we think of “revolution,” we usually expect there to be a clear goal, yet this isn’t […]
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