Lemonade Reader

<p>The Lemonade Reader is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the nuances of Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album <em>Lemonade</em>. The essays and editorials present fresh cutting-edge scholarship fueled by contemporary thoughts on film material culture religion and black feminism.</p><p>Envisioned as an educational tool to support and guide discussions of the visual album at postgraduate and undergraduate levels <i>The</i> <i>Lemonade Reader</i> critiques <i>Lemonade</i>’s multiple Afrodiasporic influences visual aesthetics narrative arc of grief and healing and ethnomusicological reach. The essays written by both scholars and popular bloggers reflects a broad yet uniquely specific black feminist investigation into constructions of race gender spirituality and southern identity. </p><p>The Lemonade Reader gathers a newer generation of black feminist scholars to engage in intellectual discourse and confront the emotional labor around the <i>Lemonade </i>phenomena. It is the premiere source for examining <i>Lemonade</i> a text that will continue to have a lasting impact on black women’s studies and popular culture.</p>