Date Approved
2018
Degree Type
Open Access Senior Honors Thesis
Department or School
Women's and Gender Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Ashley Falzetti
Second Advisor
Suzanne Gray
Third Advisor
Peter Higgins
Abstract
Beyonce's visual album, Lemonade, has been considered a Black feminist piece of work because of the ways in which it centralizes the experiences of Black women, including their love relationships with Black men, their relationships with their mothers and daughters, and their relationships with other Black women. The album shows consistent themes of motherhood, the "love and trouble tradition," and Afrocentrism. Because of its hint of Afrocentrism, however, Lemonade can be argued as an anti Black feminist work because Afrocentrism holds many sexist beliefs of Black women. This essay will discuss the ways in which Lemonade's inextricable influences of Black feminism and Afrocentrism, along with other anti Black feminist notions, can be used as a consciousness-raising tool.
Recommended Citation
Webster, Sina H., "When life gives you lemons, "get in formation:" A Black feminist analysis of Beyonce's visual album, Lemonade" (2018). Senior Honors Theses and Projects. 568.
https://commons.emich.edu/honors/568