{"id":3521,"date":"2021-12-06T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:19:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:19:16","slug":"arachnophonia-beyonce-in-formation-remixing-black-feminism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2021\/12\/arachnophonia-beyonce-in-formation-remixing-black-feminism\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: Beyonc\u00e9 in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student assistant Eliana (class of 2024) and features a book that takes a deep dive into the 2016 Beyonc\u00e9 album Lemonade<\/strong> from a feminist\/LGBTQ+ perspective<\/a>. Thanks, Eliana!<\/em><\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9 in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism<\/em><\/a>
\nby Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Beyonce<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9 in Formation<\/a><\/em> offers a deep-dive into the lyrics and meaning of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s 2016 album Lemonade<\/a><\/em> through a Black feminist and LGBTQ+ lens, creating a deeply nuanced and complex view of the Billboard #1 album. <\/p>\n

Tinsley effectively combines her personal life, renowned Black feminist and LGBTQ+ artists, and Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s album into one cohesive story wherein she breaks down the ways in which Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s album is not only a Black-empowerment album, but an album that introduces complex feminist and LGBTQ+ ideas rarely seen in mainstream music. <\/p>\n

I originally picked up this book<\/a> because I love picking apart lyrics and delving into hidden messages in songs and music videos, however I quickly realized that it would be about much more than song inspection. I appreciate the way in which Tinsley was able to integrate her life into the greater story of Black feminism in a way that felt raw and real, much like the rest of the book. She doesn\u2019t dance around any subject, and no subject matter is too grandiose to take on. Whether it\u2019s gender and sexuality, racism, or the history of music, Tinsley covers it all. <\/p>\n

\"Beyonce<\/p>\n

Of course, this book<\/a> would be nothing without the album Lemonade<\/a><\/em> itself. The CD<\/a> is also available at Parsons Music Library — feel free to check out both the CD<\/a> and the book<\/a> to heighten your experience!<\/p>\n

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Picture of the author (Eliana class of 2024) at a Beyonce concert in 2016<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61217,15223],"tags":[61217,38118,206696,38162,206699,191391,5208,206700,38122,92834,206697,15334,15274,38163],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arachnophonia","category-collection","tag-arachnophonia","tag-beyonce","tag-beyonce-in-formation-remixing-black-feminism","tag-beyonce-knowles","tag-black-feminism","tag-eliana","tag-feminism","tag-feminism-and-music","tag-lemonade","tag-musicology","tag-omiseeke-natasha-tinsley","tag-popular-music","tag-rb","tag-rhythm-and-blues-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-UN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3521"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3543,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}