No other word in the English language is more endemic to contemporary Black American culture and identity than "Soul". Since the 1960s Soul has been frequently used to market and sell music, food, and fashion. However, Soul also refers to a pervasive belief in the capacity of the Black body/spirit to endure the most trying of times in an ongoing struggle for freedom and equality. While some attention has been given to various genre manifestations of Soul-as in Soul music and food-no book has yet fully explored the discursive terrain signified by the term. In this broad-ranging, free-spirited book, a diverse group of writers, artists, and scholars reflect on the ubiquitous but elusive concept of Soul. Topics include: politics and fashion, Blaxploitation films, language, literature, dance, James Brown, and Schoolhouse Rock. Among the contributors are Angela Davis, Manning Marable, Paul Gilroy, Lyle Ashton Harris, Michelle Wallace, Ishmael Reed, Greg Tate, Manthia Diawara, and dream hampton.
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Monique Guillory is a Mellon Fellow in the Department of Comparative Literature at New York University.
Richard C. Green is a Ph.D. candidate in teh Department of Performance Studies at New York University.
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- Boys, Boyz, Bois: The Ethics of Black Masculinity in Film And Popular Media (Studies in African American History and Culture) by Keith Harris in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975 by Susannah Walker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture by Thomas F. DeFrantz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Signs and Cities: Black Literary Postmodernism by Madhu Dubey in Back Matter
- Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic by Mark Anthony Neal in Back Matter
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