Summary:
Welcome back to the Merwomanist Podcast! We just finished a grief series so I am keeping it light. This episode I will be talking about the mermaid aspects of Beyonce's incredible Renaissance Tour which I finally saw in LA. (Inglewood, really!)
This starts a bit abruptly because it was a part of another episode that I decided to split into two after filming.
Scholarship Cited:
Both of these sources are chapters in Scaled for Success: The Internationalisation of the Mermaid, edited by Philip Hayward.
Malam Shalaby, “The Middle Eastern Mermaid: Between Myth and Religion”
Nettrice Gaskins, “Mami Wata Remixed: The Mermaid in African American Culture”
My Mermaid Research:
https://jalondradavis.com/ (Scholar Page)
Other Mentions:
Beyoncé, Renaissance World Tour
Sandro Boticelli, “The Birth of Venus”
Harmonia Rosales, “The Birth of Oshun”
Recommended:
https://www.brooksmuseum.org/exhibitions/harmonia-rosales-master-narrative
Merwomanist Podcast, Beyonce is a Mermaid
Merwomanist Podcast, Beyonce is a Mermaid Part II
