Link to Prof. Perez- Rosarioβs new book: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477327913/
@emmaamador
π³ Historian @ UConn β Book, The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice (Duke UP, *May 2025*) πΏ Research Fellow @ CENTRO (2024-25) πthis is my personal account, doesnβt reflect the views of my employersπ
Link to Prof. Perez- Rosarioβs new book: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477327913/
Very excited to participate in this dialogue at CENTRO with Prof. PΓ©rez-Rosario about our recently published books. I will reflect a bit on my bookβ The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice, Duke UP, 2025. @centropr.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
Cover of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance by Vanessa DΓaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau. The title is in large white and yellow letters against a background featuring the Puerto Rican flag colorsβred, white, and blue. The subtitle reads is highlighted in a black and yellow box. An illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The authors' names are displayed at the bottom in red and blue text.
In "P Fkn R," Vanessa DΓaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau offer a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices: Bad Bunny. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/hbSewLN
Covers of Mavericks of Style, The Aesthetics of Resistance, My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio, Speculative Light, After Caliban, Soldier's Paradise, The Ocean on Fire, and Impossible Things, arranged in a 4x4 grid.
Congrats to our authors whose books made gift guides and "Best of" lists this year! See them all, including @emmaamador.bsky.social, @vivvychoi.bsky.social, @wolffdr.bsky.social, @arsavium.bsky.social, @bethdrobinson.bsky.social, @gentlemanjane.bsky.social, & @pepepierce.bsky.social: buff.ly/f3UF0sL
Canβt wait to read!
Excited to see my bookβ The Politics of Care Workβ on this list and grateful for the fantastic index @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social made for the book.
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Check out our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring titles by @reluctantheologian.bsky.social, @nancyhelicopter.bsky.social, @storti.bsky.social, @emilygdoucet.bsky.social, @iansociologo.bsky.social, @kirisanter.bsky.social, and @biidaasamose.bsky.social, among others! buff.ly/eAbC27z
TODAY is the last day of the Duke University Press Sale! My book and many others are 50% off with the discount code FALL25. ππ
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Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15. Check out our latest titles in Latinx studies including work by @emmaamador.bsky.social, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, @annegarlandmahler.bsky.social, & @arlenedavila.bsky.social.
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Major news! Forthcoming from @dukepress.bsky.social:
P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance.
New book by Vanessa J. DΓaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau! Exciting! Being published by a leading academic press! Β‘Felicidades!
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OPEN CALL: 2025-2026 Rooted + Relational Research Fellowship!
CENTRO is now accepting applications! This yearβs theme, βBoricuas in Relation,β explores Puerto Rican connections across race, culture, & migration.
Apply by June 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET!
Learn more & apply: ow.ly/X4B350VMY7y
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I am excited to share it with you, please reach out if you want to hear more.
This project is truly a labor of LOVE and community, and I am so grateful to everyone who helped me write it and tell these stories. I hope the stories of the women at the center of the book will inspire and bring hope to those of us seeking a better world and future.
πToday is the official publication date of my first book, The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice, out with @dukepress.bsky.social . 30% off discount code and link below. The book is dedicated to my wonderful parents, partner, and 4-year-old daughter. π
Itβs almost pub day! π€© Save 30% on #NewBook "The Politics of Care Work" by @emmaamador.bsky.social , which tells the story of Puerto Rican womenβs involvement in political activism for social & economic justice in Puerto Rico and the United States. #WomensStudies #LatinxStudies
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