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# Family, Power, and Legacy
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/crash-course-latin-american-literature/episode/family-power-and-legacy-thhvo3/
- Published: 2026-01-23T20:15:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-23T21:00:18.000Z
- Description: Families are personal—but they can also be political.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Crash Course Latin American Literature, Season 1, Episode 9, #ZZZ_Episode_6630c4c9-51fc-4670-949b-18ff59ec6dd3, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_9fecd386-40a6-4615-a85e-0ed57fa9ce84, #v1.16

Families are personal—but 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 up—and relating to the people who raised you.