Biomythography Bayou Lewis Hardback John Wiley & Sons 9781684484829

Biomythography BayouAuthor(s): Mel Michelle Lewis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bucknell University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Bucknell University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781684484829, 978-1684484829\nSynopsis\nWhen your stories flow from the brackish waters of the Gulf South, where the land and water merge, your narratives cannot be contained or constrained by the Eurocentric conventions of autobiography. When your story is rooted in the histories of your West African, Creek, and Creole ancestors, as well as your Black, feminist, and queer communities, you must create a biomythography that transcends linear time and extends beyond the pages of a book.\nBiomythography Bayouis more than just a book of memoir; it is a ritual for conjuring queer embodied knowledges and decolonial perspectives. Blending a rich gumbo of genres-from ingredients such as praise songs, folk tales, recipes, incantations, and invocations-it also includes a multimedia component, with bayou tableau images .