Renaissance Reader (eBook)

Beyonce and Black Queer Popular Culture

Kinitra D. Brooks, Nicholas R. Jones (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
Taylor & Francis (Verlag)
9781040453933 (ISBN)

Infos

The Renaissance Reader: Beyonce and Black Queer Popular Culture offers a groundbreaking exploration of Beyonce's acclaimed album Renaissance, examining its celebration of Black queer aesthetics through disco, house, and bounce music.Building on the success of The Lemonade Reader, this interdisciplinary collection brings together popular culture writers and scholars to analyse the album's profound impact on contemporary culture and artistic expression. Through the lens of Black feminist and queer theory, contributors examine how Renaissance engages with and reimagines African American musical traditions while centring Black women's experiences and queer aesthetics. This timely volume tackles crucial questions about Beyonce's evolving artistry, celebrity, and cultural impact, while exploring how her work intersects with contemporary Black feminist and queer theoretical methodologies.The Renaissance Reader: Beyonce and Black Queer Popular Culture is an essential text for scholars and students in Black women's studies, queer studies, and popular culture, as well as for fans seeking deeper insight into Beyonce's artistic vision and cultural significance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.12.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-13: 9781040453933 / 9781040453933