Bad Bunny Enigma - Culture, Resistance, and Uncertainty

This book explores Bad Bunny as a multifaceted signifier whose meanings evolve depending on the generational, geographical, and sociopolitical perspectives framing the enigma.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

This book explores Bad Bunny as a multifaceted signifier whose meanings evolve depending on the generational, geographical, and sociopolitical perspectives framing the enigma.

Product details

• Authors: Sheilla R. Madera Madera, Sheilla R. Varas-Diaz Madera
• Assisted by: Daniel Nevarez Araujo (Editor), Sheilla R. Madera (Editor), Daniel Nevarez Araujo (Editor), Daniel Nevárez Araújo (Editor), Nelson Varas-Diaz (Editor), Nelson Varas-Díaz (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781666935967
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-596-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Puerto Rico, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Rap and Hip Hop, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Latin, World Music, Musicians, singers, bands & groups, Theory of music & musicology, Composers & songwriters, Theory of music and musicology, World music & regional styles