Overview
Few artists in recent years have had Bad Bunny’s impact on the music industry, popular culture, mainstream and underground aesthetics, and the economies tied to each of these realms. A remarkable anomaly by any measure, Bad Bunny’s embodiment of extremity comes through in his gender-fluid style, Afro-Caribbean aesthetics, sexually explicit lyrics, and vibrant critiques of colonial politics. As a Puerto Rican colonial subject himself, he has consistently amplified the voices of oppressed groups, while also championing marginalized communities impacted by the effects of colonialism and conservatism, in Puerto Rico and elsewhere. This collection, the first comprehensive publication focused on the Bad Bunny phenomenon, puts the artist, his work, and activism into conversation with various contexts relevant to culture, society, representation, identity, and politics. Bringing together a cadre of scholars – some supporters, others detractors – the collection offers a balanced transdisciplinary look at his work and its influence on intersectional resistance struggles. Part critique, part celebration, the chapters contained within question whether his influence signifies a cultural shift or a flash in the pan. Consequently, this collection aims to understand Bad Bunny as a multifaceted signifier whose meanings evolve depending on the generational, geographical, and sociopolitical perspectives framing the enigma.
Full Product Details
Author: Sheilla R. Madera ,
Nelson Varas-Díaz ,
Daniel Nevárez Araújo ,
Sheilla R. Madera
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN: 9781666935967
ISBN 10: 1666935964
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 15 November 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Reviews
"""Reading each chapter is to see Puerto Rico through one of the rhythms that has captivated and challenged more than one generation. You are invited to see its slang through the eyes of Boricuas, and from the perspective of a Latin America absorbed in the Bad Bunny effect. It's a walk to be captivated by our identities that are manifested in his music. It is to find how Bad Bunny denounces and expresses what he sees and experiences in the archipelago, and how other people perceive him. It is history, community and academia, dancing to our realities, al ritmo del reguet�n."" --Yarimar Rosa-Rodr�guez, University of Puerto Rico, R�o Piedras"
Author Information
Sheilla R. Madera is professor in the Department of Sociocultural and Global Studies at Florida International University. Nelson Varas-Díaz is professor of social-community psychology in the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University. Daniel Nevárez Araújo is assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico.
