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The Bad Bunny Enigma

Culture, Resistance, and Uncertainty
Buch | Hardcover
276 Seiten
2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3596-7 (ISBN)
109,70 inkl. MwSt
This book explores Bad Bunny as a multifaceted signifier whose meanings evolve depending on the generational, geographical, and sociopolitical perspectives framing the enigma.
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.

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.

List of Tables and Figures

Chapter 1: “Bad Bunny está ‘ien cabrón”: Reflections in Chiaroscuro

Chapter 2: The Profane, the Lewd, and the Misogynistic in Puerto Rican Singing: A Historical and Interpretative Primer to Bad Bunny Song’s Lyrics (1900-2022)

Chapter 3: (Nada es) ‘Como antes:’ Bad Bunny’s Historical Memory and the Limits of Nostalgia.

Chapter 4: Cuir Dialogic Intimacies: Mapping Lo Cuir in Bad Bunny’s Performance Repertoire

Chapter 5: Bad Bunny on the Global Stage: The Network Society, Streaming, and the Latin Music Industry

Chapter 6: Bad Bunny’s “nueva religión” as a Postmodern Reimagining of the Religious/Secular Paradigm

Chapter 7: “Andrea”: Intersectional Struggles of the Puerto Rican Women Revealed

Chapter 8: Bad Bunny and the Queer Trans-formation of Reggaeton

Chapter 9: Bad Bunny Above Ground: The Aesthetics of Nostalgia and (Black) Aural Citation

Chapter 10: Las “Ganas adentro del Explosion”: The New Millennium of Bad Bunny's YHLQMDLG Music Videos

Chapter 11: “Esto e’ un ratito, mami, no te acostumbre’”: Bad Bunny and the Reproduction of Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Love

Chapter 12: More than Spanish to English Code-switching: An Analysis of Bad Bunny’s Translanguaging Practices throughout his Discography

Chapter 13: “¿Estamos bien?”: The Affective and Cultural Consequences of Engagement with Bad Bunny

Chapter 14. "Lo $iento Bad Bunny pero no estamos bien": Bad Bunny's Presence in Chile's 2019 Social Upheaval

About the Contributors

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.11.2024
Reihe/Serie Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations
Co-Autor Sheilla R. Madera, Nelson Varas-Díaz
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Pop / Rock
ISBN-10 1-6669-3596-4 / 1666935964
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-3596-7 / 9781666935967
Zustand Neuware
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