{"product_id":"playful-protest-kristie-soares-9780252087424","title":"Playful Protest: The Political Work of Joy in Latinx Media","description":"\u003cb\u003ePleasure-based politics in Puerto Rican and Cuban pop culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Joy is a politicized form of pleasure that goes beyond gratification to challenge norms of gender, sexuality, race, and class. Kristie Soares focuses on the diasporic media of Puerto Rico and Cuba to examine how music, public activist demonstrations, social media, sitcoms, and other areas of culture resist the dominant stories told about Latinx joy. As she shows, Latinx creators compose versions of joy central to social and political struggle and at odds with colonialist and imperialist narratives that equate joy with political docility and a lack of intelligence. Soares builds her analysis around chapters that delve into \u003ci\u003egozando\u003c\/i\u003e in salsa music, precise joy among the New Young Lords Party, \u003ci\u003echoteo\u003c\/i\u003e in the comedy \u003ci\u003e Qué Pasa U.S.A.?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eazúcar\u003c\/i\u003e in the life and death of Celia Cruz, \u003ci\u003edale\u003c\/i\u003e as Pitbull's signature affect, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's use of silliness to take seriously political violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Daring and original, \u003ci\u003ePlayful Protest\u003c\/i\u003e examines how Latinx creators resist the idea that joy only exists outside politics and activist struggle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristie Soares\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252087429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252087424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Kristie Soares","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44201687711999,"sku":"9780252087424","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b34cd75d-a60a-4457-b085-2f08296cc39d.jpg?v=1691490827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playful-protest-kristie-soares-9780252087424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}