Prof. Rivera Santana Presents a Lecture as Part of Latine Heritage Month
As part of Latine Heritage Month, Prof. Rivera-Santana, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, will present his lecture titled "Bad Bunny and the Transformation of Reggaeton through Queer Aesthetics." This event is part of the Culture & Conversations Lecture Series, organized by the Center for Student Diversity. This lecture explicates how Bad Bunny, mainly, crafted a representational space within reggaeton music for Queer aesthetics, sexualities, and identities in Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latine/x culture at large. The argument will be that Bad Bunny successfully transfigures reggaeton's hypermasculine character to Queer realities of Puerto Rican culture through a combination of music, visual arts, performance, and design, thereby opening a space for the Queer experience within reggaeton.
The event will take place on Monday, October 7th, at 5 p.m. in the Commonwealth Auditorium of the Sadler Center.
