After the Boom
As the 1970s progressed, the political climate in Latin America became increasingly dark, with no end in sight to the proliferation of brutal dictatorships. This program analyzes the cultural impact of those developments and the tensions which gave ...
Cyberbullies
Chat rooms, blogs, and instant messaging have become standard forms of communication for many young people. Unfortunately, they have also become popular ways to bully and harass others. This program is designed to prevent children and teenagers from...
Politicians and Revolutionaries
The Era of Revolution severed political ties between Latin America and the Old World—but cultural independence was another matter. This program explains how the region’s literature began to come into its own, relying on models and themes importe...
Conquest and Colony - (Spanish audio)
To the European imagination, America was a tabula rasa, a virgin territory. As this program describes, narrative art forms were essential to making sense of this exotic Eden and the possibilities it offered. New Spain became a place for re-creating ...
Narrating Modernity: Writers of the Mid-20th Century
The mid-20th century was an era of large-scale and often tragically violent political shifts which completely changed the face of Latin American life—and art. As this program demonstrates, the rise of military dictatorships and authoritarian regim...
Women in classical Greek drama
They gave their names to some of the most memorable plays in Western history, and, thousands of years later, they are still very much a presence in contemporary culture. Who were the women of classical Greek drama? In this program, the presentation ...
Narrating modernity: writers of the mid-20th century
The mid-20th century was an era of large-scale and often tragically violent political shifts which completely changed the face of Latin American life - and art. As this program demonstrates, the rise of military dictatorships and authoritarian regim...
Sexual stereotypes in the media
Categorizing others is a part of human nature, and even as infants we divide the world into two groups - male and female - to help organize our reality. But when these stereotypes are used to make assumptions about a person's character and value, th...
Conquest and Colony
To the European imagination, America was a tabula rasa, a virgin territory. As this program describes, narrative art forms were essential to making sense of this exotic Eden and the possibilities it offered. New Spain became a place for re-creating ...
Ethics: what is right?
Moral philosophy lies at the heart of today's most heated issues - abortion, human cloning, assisted suicide, financial conflicts of interest, and environmental stewardship. In this program, Harvard University's Frances Kamm; Rutgers University's La...