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State of Things
12:13 pm
Mon August 8, 2011
Meet Mark Anthony Neal
Mark Anthony Neal grew up in a home where the record player spun mostly gospel and soul. His father’s music selections created the soundtrack of his youth and eventually guided Neal to become a pioneer in the field of pop culture studies. Today he’s a professor in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University and the author of five books, including his latest, “New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity” (Routledge/2005). Neal is also the host of “Left of Black,” a Web series that examines social issues within the context of African-American culture.
- He joins host Frank Stasio to talk about pop culture’s place in academia and how black intellectualism is received once it steps outside the classroom.