Mark Anthony Neal
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Mark Anthony Neal is an Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Program in African and African American Studies and Director of the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies (ICUSS) at Duke University. Neal will be co-convening with Neil De Marchi and Annabel J. Wharton for the 2007-08 John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute seminar Recycle.
[edit] Publications
Neal is also the author of four books What the Music Said: discussing Black popular music and black public culture, Soul Babies, Songs in the Keys of Black Life and New Black Man.
His first book was published in 1998, What the Music Said: discussing Black popular music and black public culture. His second book, Soul Babies, was published in 2002. This book discussed Black Popular Culture and the Post- Soul Aesthetic. Songs in the Keys of Black Life was his 3rd book published in 2003, which focused on the Rhythm and Blues music. His most recent, and probably the book he is most famous for is New Black Man. This book is the idea of rethinking black masculinity.
[edit] Controversy
Neal was on of the Group of 88 professors during the Duke Lacrosse scandal that published a letter supporting Mike Nifong in prosecuting three players having been falsely accussed of rape.
