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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

Featured Works

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

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

White Chocolate: Teena Marie and Lewis Taylor

Journal article Popular Music · October 2005 Featured Publication Cite

New Black Man

Book · April 2005 Featured Publication Cite

The Tortured Soul of Marvin Gaye and R. Kelly

Book section · October 2004 Featured Publication Cite

The Birth of New Blackness: The Family Stand’s Moon in Scorpio

Book section · January 2004 Featured Publication Cite