P FKN R
How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
Petra R Rivera-Rideau author Vanessa Díaz author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Duke University Press
Publishing:24th Feb '26
£21.99
This title is due to be published on 24th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
“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 MuDANZA
Global 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.
“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
“In P FKN R, Diáz and Rivera-Rideau enlist Bad Bunny’s art to expose the layered crises facing Puerto Rico and their roots in U.S. colonial rule. Drawing on interviews with artists, producers, and industry insiders, they show how he transforms grief and pride into a sonic archive of resistance. The result is a powerful meditation on the stakes of his artistry, his platform, and the future he dares us to imagine.” — Yarimar Bonilla, author of Non-Sovereign Futures: French Caribbean Politics in the Wake of DIsenchantment
ISBN: 9781478033332
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 445g
320 pages