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Book

P FKN R : Bad Bunny y la música como un acto de resistencia

Call Number

  • SPANISH 921 B132D (CEN)

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Edition

Primera edición.

Languages

In Spanish, translated from the English.

Publication Information

Ciudad de México : Editorial Planeta Mexicana, 2026.

Physical Description

332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Uniform Title

P FKN R. Spanish

Summary

Como la de innumerables puertorriqueños, la vida de la superestrella global Bad Bunny --Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio-- ha transcurrido entre apagones, huracanes, corrupción política y opresión. Estas experiencias no solo han marcado su trayectoria, sino que revelan el impacto continuo del colonialismo en Puerto Rico, un trasfondo que resuena en muchas de sus canciones. Este libro ofrece una mirada única y poderosa: un viaje por el pasado de la isla y una visión esperanzadora del futuro a través de una de sus voces más universales y comprometidas. A través de entrevistas exclusivas con músicos, políticos y periodistas, y apoyadas en una rigurosa investigación etnográfica, las autoras presentan a Bad Bunny en toda su dimensión, situando su música y su figura en el contexto histórico, político y cultural de nuestro tiempo. Vanessa Díaz y Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, creadoras del aclamado Bad Bunny Syllabus, revelan cómo el artista forma parte de una larga tradición puertorriqueña que combina alegría y protesta, y que sigue alimentando la resistencia diaria en la isla.

"P FKN R explores the work of Puerto Rican musical superstar Bad Bunny (Benito A. Martínez Ocasio), focusing on his cultural and political significance. By looking at the history of Puerto Rico with a deliberate focus on the last thirty years and putting the archipelago's major crises in dialogue with Bad Bunny's life and career, the authors demonstrate that understanding Bad Bunny's work requires a deep understanding of Puerto Rican history. Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau focus on key events such as the Puerto Rican debt crisis, Hurricane María, the mass protests in Puerto Rico in 2019, and current battles against gentrification across the archipelago. P FKN R explores how Bad Bunny's work has engaged with or is reflective of these moments-from his release of songs connected to the crises, to his participation in demonstrations, to his production of films about Puerto Rico's most pressing issues. Diaz and Rivera-Rideau outline the many ways in which Puerto Rico's people have resisted colonial rule, including through music. Bad Bunny's work is thus presented as part of the long history of Puerto Rican music as a form of resistance to colonial domination"--

Notes

Título original: P FKN R: How Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance.

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