<P></P><I><P>The Lemonade Reader</I> is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the nuances of Beyonc¿ 2016 visual album, <EM>Lemonade</EM>. The essays and editorials present fresh, cutting-edge scholarship fueled by contemporary thoughts on film, material culture, religion, and black feminism.</P><I><P></P></I><P>Envisioned as an educational tool to support and guide discussions of the visual album at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, <I>The</I><I>Lemonade Reader</I> critiques <I>Lemonade</I>¿s multiple Afrodiasporic influences, visual aesthetics, narrative arc of grief and healing, and ethnomusicological reach. The essays, written by both scholars and popular bloggers, reflects a broad yet uniquely specific black feminist investigation into constructions of race, gender, spirituality, and southern identity. </P><P></P><I><P>The Lemonade Reader</I> gathers a newer generation of black feminist scholars to engage in intellectual discourse and confront the emotional labor