{"id":163689,"date":"2026-02-04T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163689\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:47:10","slug":"fresno-state-associate-professor-on-bad-bunny-the-super-bowl-and-the-power-of-cultural-visibility-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163689\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno State Associate Professor on Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl and the Power of Cultural Visibility (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/goldrushcam.com\/sierrasuntimes\/index.php\/news\/local-news\/75188-fresno-state-associate-professor-on-bad-bunny-the-super-bowl-and-the-power-of-cultural-visibility-video?tmpl=component&amp;print=1\" title=\"Print article &lt; Fresno State Associate Professor on Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl and the Power of Cultural Visibility (Video) &gt;\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#039;win2&#039;,&#039;status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=640,height=480,directories=no,location=no&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printButton.png\" alt=\"Print\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/goldrushcam.com\/sierrasuntimes\/index.php\/component\/mailto\/?tmpl=component&amp;template=rt_spectral&amp;link=aee0f6569107bbb608f1de171cc692b65e465c7c\" title=\"Email this link to a friend\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#039;win2&#039;,&#039;width=400,height=450,menubar=yes,resizable=yes&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/emailButton.png\" alt=\"Email\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\tDetails<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tLast Updated: Wednesday, 04 February 2026 04:54\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPublished: Wednesday, 04 February 2026 07:08\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fresno-state204.jpg\" alt=\"fresno state204\"\/><\/p>\n<p>February 4, 2026 &#8211; As Bad Bunny prepares to take the stage at the Super Bowl LX halftime show, his presence signals more than a musical milestone. On Feb. 1, Bad Bunny made Grammys history with the first Spanish-language album to win album of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this video, Dr. Luis Fernando Mac\u00edas, associate professor in the Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies at Fresno State, explores the cultural and political significance of a Puerto Rican artist headlining one of the most-watched entertainment events in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on his expertise, Mac\u00edas examines what this moment represents for visibility and identity, and how it reflects the evolving relationship between Latin culture and mainstream American sports entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Fresno State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Details Last Updated: Wednesday, 04 February 2026 04:54 Published: Wednesday, 04 February 2026 07:08 February 4, 2026 &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,79252,79253],"class_list":["post-163689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-state-associate-professor-on-bad-bunny","tag-the-super-bowl-and-the-power-of-cultural-visibility-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}