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What happens when you take the incendiary reviews of an embattled film critic and juxtapose that against the intellectual work of a little-known, yet highly influential academic from the U.K. along with the rebellious generation of the late 1960's? Author Dr. Daniel McNeil, the National Scholar Chair in Black Studies at Queen's University, joins host Prof. Mark Anthony Neal to discuss his latest book, "Thinking While Black: Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation," published by Rutgers University Press. The book looks at the body of work of two men: Armond White, the notorious New York film critic, and Dr. Paul Gilroy whose extensive research has heavily influenced such fields as African American Studies, though he is still not yet well-known.
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See Prof. McNeil's other works here: works.bepress.com/danielmcneil/
Left of Black is the Webby Award-nominated series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars, created and hosted by the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies Dr. Mark Anthony Neal. From 2010-2020, it was produced by the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Global Studies. In 2020, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute took over production, with funding support from Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.
Directed & edited by Eric Barstow, M.F.A.
Assistant editing by Jakiah Glass