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Mark Anthony Neal

Mark Anthony Neal

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies
African & African American Studies
man9@duke.edu
Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708-0252
Science Building, 243F, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Books

That's the Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader

Book · 2023 Featured Publication This text is essential reading for anyone seeking deeper understanding of the profound impact of hip-hop as an intellectual, aesthetic, and cultural movement. ... Cite

Black Ephemera The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive

Book · March 8, 2022 "Black Ephemera explores the crisis and the challenge of the Black Musical archive in a moment when Black American culture has become a global import, yet the cultural DNA of that culture is becoming obscured in the transformation from ... ... Cite

New black man: Tenth anniversary edition

Book · January 1, 2015 Ten years ago, Mark Anthony Neal’s New Black Man put forth a revolutionary model of Black masculinity for the twenty-first century-one that moved beyond patriarchy to embrace feminism and combat homophobia. Now, Neal’s book is more vital than ever, urging ... Full text Cite

Soul babies: Black popular culture and the post-soul aesthetic

Book · February 1, 2013 Featured Publication In Soul Babies, Mark Anthony Neal explains the complexities and contradictions of black life and culture after the end of the Civil Rights era. He traces the emergence of what he calls a "post-soul aesthetic," a transformation of values that marked a profo ... Full text Cite

Looking for Leroy: Illegible black masculinities

Book · January 1, 2013 Mark Anthony Neal's Looking for Leroy is an engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular culture. Neal argues that black men and boys are bound, in profound ... Cite

New Black Man

Book · April 2005 Featured Publication Cite