{"product_id":"oshun-lemonade-and-intertextuality-sheneese-thompson-9780813079387","title":"Oshun, Lemonade, and Intertextuality: Afro-Atlantic Religion in Black Cultural Production","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring how Afro-Atlantic religion has been used to\u003cbr\u003eportray Black womanhood by writers and artists from Beyonc? to Ntozake Shange \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Sheneese\u003cbr\u003eThompson analyzes works of film and literature to explore how Afro-Atlantic\u003cbr\u003ereligion intersects with themes of resilience in Black femininity and\u003cbr\u003ewomanhood. Focusing on Beyonc?'s visual album \u003ci\u003eLemonade\u003c\/i\u003e, Thompson\u003cbr\u003eexamines iconography of the Yoruba goddess Oshun, represented by rivers, the\u003cbr\u003ecolor yellow, and other symbols. Thompson argues that Beyonc?'s tribute to\u003cbr\u003eOshun creates a narrative of self-repossession amid external definitions, \u003cbr\u003egenerational trauma, and emotional violence and draws connections to other works\u003cbr\u003ethat feature similar religious references. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOshun, \"Lemonade,\" and Intertextuality\u003c\/i\u003e also explores\u003cbr\u003eBeyonc?'s album \u003ci\u003eBlack Is King\u003c\/i\u003e, the television series \u003ci\u003eShe's Gotta Have\u003cbr\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, Julie Dash's movie \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, Ntozake Shange's novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSassafrass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCypress \u0026amp; Indigo\u003c\/i\u003e, and Jamaica Kincaid's stories\u003cbr\u003ein \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.\u003cbr\u003eThompson discusses the ways in which Yoruba and Lucum? imagery and practices\u003cbr\u003esuch as or?k?, or praise poetry, have long been incorporated into Black\u003cbr\u003ecultural texts such as these to tell stories of racial and gender-based\u003cbr\u003einjustices. In looking at \u003ci\u003eLemonade \u003c\/i\u003etogether with influential older texts\u003cbr\u003ecreated by Black women, Thompson establishes the use of Afro-Atlantic\u003cbr\u003ereligion--to think through Black womanhood, to explore self-defined sexuality--as\u003cbr\u003ea central tenet of Black women's literature, one that these artists and writers\u003cbr\u003ehave brought to the global stage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublication of\u003cbr\u003ethis work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American\u003cbr\u003eRescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheneese Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813079381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813079387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sheneese Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526472585471,"sku":"9780813079387","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c145da31-db4c-40df-9308-2377c0c4fd25.jpg?v=1737556281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oshun-lemonade-and-intertextuality-sheneese-thompson-9780813079387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}