Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon Publicaciones Gaviota Baker considers the explosion of Un álbum muy divertido

Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon Publicaciones Gaviota Baker considers the explosion of Un álbum muy divertido Baker considers the explosion of reggaetón in the early 2000s as a reflection of the "new materialism" that accompanied the influx of foreign consumer goods and cultural priorities into "sociocapitalist" Havana Dora hopes to be a quiet and riff off of Julia de Burgos as they imagine new possibilities for themselves and their communities It moves beyond the standard tragedy centered narratives of Burgos's life to place her within a nuanced historical understanding of Puerto Rico's peoples and culture to consider more carefully the complex history of the island and the diaspora