{"product_id":"oshun-lemonade-and-intertextuality-afro-atlantic-religion-in-black-cultural-production","title":"Oshun, Lemonade, and Intertextuality: Afro-Atlantic Religion in Black Cultural Production","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring how Afro-Atlantic religion has been used to portray Black womanhood by writers and artists from Beyoncé to Ntozake Shange\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Sheneese Thompson analyzes works of film and literature to explore how Afro-Atlantic religion intersects with themes of resilience in Black femininity and womanhood. Focusing on Beyoncé's visual album \u003ci\u003eLemonade\u003c\/i\u003e, Thompson examines iconography of the Yoruba goddess Oshun, represented by rivers, the color yellow, and other symbols. Thompson argues that Beyoncé's tribute to Oshun creates a narrative of self-repossession amid external definitions, generational trauma, and emotional violence and draws connections to other works that feature similar religious references.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOshun, \"Lemonade,\" and Intertextuality\u003c\/i\u003e also explores Beyoncé's album \u003ci\u003eBlack Is King\u003c\/i\u003e, the television series \u003ci\u003eShe's Gotta Have It\u003c\/i\u003e, Julie Dash's movie \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, Ntozake Shange's novel \u003ci\u003eSassafrass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCypress \u0026amp; Indigo\u003c\/i\u003e, and Jamaica Kincaid's stories in \u003ci\u003eAt the Bottom of the River\u003c\/i\u003e. These works highlight the significance of\u003cbr\u003eAfrican traditional religions for the healing and transformation of their characters. Thompson discusses the ways in which Yoruba and Lucumí imagery and practices such as oríkì, or praise poetry, have long been incorporated into Black cultural texts such as these to tell stories of racial and gender-based injustices. In looking at \u003ci\u003eLemonade\u003c\/i\u003e together with influential older texts created by Black women, Thompson establishes the use of Afro-Atlantic religion--to think through Black womanhood, to explore self-defined sexuality--as a central tenet of Black women's literature, one that these artists and writers have brought to the global stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sheneese Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47284712341740,"sku":"9780813079387","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47284712374508,"sku":"9780813081106","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780813079387.jpg?v=1770390606","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/oshun-lemonade-and-intertextuality-afro-atlantic-religion-in-black-cultural-production","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}