P FKN R

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How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Av Vanessa Díaz, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, Vanessa Diaz, Petra R Rivera-Rideau

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“Aquí mataron gente por sacar la bandera / Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera. (Here they killed people for taking out the flag / that's why I bring it anywhere I want now.)”—LA MuDANZAGlobal superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crises—blackouts, hurricanes, political corruption and oppression, among others—that have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on interviews with musicians, politicians, and journalists as well as ethnographic research to set Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican resistance in an historical, political, and cultural context. Authors Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau—creators of the “Bad Bunny Syllabus”—demonstrate Bad Bunny’s place in a long tradition of infusing joy and protest into music and honor the many, evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-02-24
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt445 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagDuke University Press
ISBN9781478033332

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Musikvetenskap inom Kultur
Genusvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik

Vanessa DÍaz is Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University and the author of Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood.Petra R. Rivera-Rideau is Associate Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College and the author of Remixing Reggaetón: The Cultural Politics of Race in Puerto Rico and Fitness Fiesta!: Selling Latinx Culture through Zumba.

Introduction. “¿QuiÉn TÚ Eres?”: Understanding Bad Bunny and Resistance in Puerto Rico 11. Las Cosas EstÁn Empeorando: Puerto Rico in the Era of “Soy Peor” 142.¿“Estamos Bien”? Hurricane MarÍa and Unnatural Disaster in Puerto Rico 373. “El Pueblo No Aguanta MÁs Injusticia”: Bad Bunny and el Verano Boricua 594. “¿Por QuÉ No Puedo Ser AsÍ?”: Bad Bunny and Gender Politics 805. “El Mundo es MÍo”: Bad Bunny Beyond el Borinquen 1076. “Puerto Rico EstÁ Bien CabrÓn”: The Party Is the Protest 1297. Singing in Non-English: Bad Bunny Lost in Translation 1568. “Nunca Antes Hubo Uno Como Yo”: Bad Bunny, Coachella, and Latino Belonging in the United States 1799. “Prende una Velita”: Continued Hope, Continued Resistance 200Conclusion. “Seguimos AquÍ” 220Acknowledgments 231Notes 235Bibliography 287Index

“Impressively researched and engaging, P FKN R is a book that offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny. The book uses the figure of Bad Bunny to explore Puerto Rico’s colonial history and present. Diáz and Rivera-Rideau critically examine his takes on race and gender in a way that is not only about the singer’s life and career, but about the recent history of Puerto Rico.”—Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, author of, Puerto Rico: A National History