The idea of El deber revolucionario, or “the duty of the revolutionary,” echoed throughout Latin American youth culture during the 1960s from literature to art and music as young men and women expressed their countercultural political beliefs.
Monthly Archives: March 2022
The Puerto Rican Experience in the South Bronx: An Oral History With Lizette Piedra
My mother, Lizette Piedra, grew up on Valentine Avenue in the South Bronx projects. In an oral history interview, she has narrated her experiences of the living conditions and crimes committed in her neighborhood during the 1970s and 1980s.
Herodotus, Homer, and The Histories
This paper, by Patrick Larkin, discusses the Homeric influence on Herodotus’ account of the Battle of Thermopylae