TBNT S03E05 | Going Through the Controversy of American Dirt
Feb 19, 2020 ·
1h 1m 59s
When Jeanine Cummins' highly anticipated book American Dirt hit the shelves readers were beside themselves recommending it. The mother and son story of being pursued by a drug kingpin fired...
show more
When Jeanine Cummins' highly anticipated book American Dirt hit the shelves readers were beside themselves recommending it. The mother and son story of being pursued by a drug kingpin fired everyone's imaginations. And then controversy hit, Mexican and Latinx writers came down hard on it citing the fact that it fetishisize their culture and that Cummins wrote at best a summer pot-boiler and not a book that puts forward issues of migrants and social justice. Learn about the controversy surrounding this book in our latest episode.
show less
Information
| Author | Renegade Radio |
| Website | - |
| Tags |
Copyright 2024 - Spreaker Inc. an iHeartMedia Company
