Beyoncé in the World: Making Meaning with Queen Bey in Troubled Times (Music / Culture)

Essays investigate Beyoncé's global impact From Destiny's Child to Lemonade , Homecoming , and The Gift , Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has redefined global stardom, feminism, Black representation, and celebrity activism. This book brings together new work from sixteen international scholars to explore Beyonce's impact as an artist and public figure from the perspectives of critical race studies, gender and women's studies, queer and cultural studies, music, and fan studies. The authors explore Beyoncé's musical persona as one that builds upon the lineages of Black female cool, Black southern culture, and Black feminist cultural production. They explore Beyoncé's reception within and beyond North America, including how a range of performers―from YouTube gospel singers to Brazilian pop artists have drawn inspiration from her performances and image. The authors show how Beyoncé's music is a source of healing and kinship for many fans, particularly Black women and queer communities of color. Combining cutting edge research, vivid examples, and accessible writing, this collection provides multiple lenses onto the significance of Beyoncé in the United States and around the world. Cover 1 Beyoncé in the World 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 CONTENTS 6 Foreword 8 Acknowledgments 20 Introduction: Beyoncé Studies 24 PART ONE “DIVA” / BLACK FEMINIST GENEALOGIES 56 1. “I Came to Slay”: The Knowles Sisters, Black Feminism, and the Lineage of Black Female Cool 58 2. From Colorism to Conjurings: Tracing the Dust in Beyoncé’s Lemonade 88 PART TWO “FORMATION” / A SOUTHERN TURN 110 3. Beyoncé’s South and a “Formation” Nation 112 4. Merging Past and Present in Lemonade’s Black Feminist Utopia 133 PART THREE “XO” / FAITH AND FANDOM 158 5. At the Digital Cross(roads) with Beyoncé: Gospel Covers That Remix the Risqué into the Religious 160 6. “She Made Me Understand”: How Lemonade Raised the Intersectional Consciousness of Beyoncé’s International Fans 188 PART FOUR “WORLDWIDE WOMAN” / BEYONCÉ’S RECEPTION BEYOND THE UNITED STATES 212 7. The Performative Negotiations of Beyoncé in Brazilian Bodies and the Construction of the Pop Diva in Ludmilla’s Funk Carioca and Gaby Amarantos’s Tecnobrega 214 8. A Critical Analysis of White Ignorance Within Beyoncé’s Online Reception in the Spanish Context 235 PART FIVE “HOLD UP” / PERFORMING FEMME AFFINITY AND DISSENT 258 9. Six-Inch Heels and Queer Black Femmes: Beyoncé and Black Trans Women 260 10. From “Say My Name” to “Texas Bamma”: Transgressive Topoi, Oppositional Optics, and Sonic Subversion in Beyoncé’s “Formation” 283 PART SIX “FREEDOM” / SOUNDING PROTEST, HEARING POLITICS 308 11. Musical Form in Beyoncé’s Protest Music 310 12. Beyoncé’s Black Feminist Critique: Multimodal Intertextuality and Intersectionality in “Sorry” 336 PART SEVEN “PRAY YOU CATCH ME” / HEALING AND COMMUNITY 362 13. Beyond “Becky with the Good Hair”: Hair and Beauty in Beyoncé’s “Sorry” Kristin Denise Rowe 364 14. The Livable, Surviving, and Healing Poetics of Lemonade: A Black Feminist Futurity in Action 391 About the Contributors 412 Index 416 From Destiny's Child to Lemonade, Homecoming, and The Gift, Beyonce Knowles-Carter has redefined global stardom, feminism, Black representation, and celebrity activism. This book brings together new work from sixteen international scholars to explore Beyonce's impact as an artist and public figure from the perspectives of critical race studies, gender and women's studies, queer and cultural studies, music, and fan studies. The authors explore Beyonce's musical persona as one that builds upon the lineages of Black female cool, Black southern culture, and Black feminist cultural production. They explore Beyonce's reception within and beyond North America, including how a range of performers - from YouTube gospel singers to Brazilian pop artists have drawn inspiration from her performances and image. The authors show how Beyonce's music is a source of healing and kinship for many fans, particularly Black women and queer communities of color. Combining cutting edge research, vivid examples, and accessible writing, this collection provides multiple lenses onto the significance of Beyonce in the United States and around the world "Bringing together interdisciplinary scholars with expertise in gender and ethnic studies; communication and cultural studies; and music, religion, history, and literature, this volume draws on a diversity of perspectives and methods to investigate the artistic meanings, cultural contexts, and significance of Beyoncé's LEMONADE"-- Provided by publisher **Essays investigate Beyoncé's global impact**__Lemonade____Homecoming__ __The Gift__