Soul Babies

<p>In <em>Soul Babies</em>, 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 profound change in African American thought and experience. Lively and provocative, <em>Soul Babies</em> offers a valuable new way of thinking about black popular culture and the legacy of the sixties.</p> Preface You Remind Me of Something: Towards a Post-Soul Aesthetic Chapter One Sweetback's Revenge: Gangsters, Blaxploitation, and Black Middle Class Identity Chapter Two Baby Mama (Drama) and Baby Daddy (Trauma): Post-Soul Gender Politics Chapter Three The Post-Soul Intelligentsia: Mass Media, Popular Culture and Social Praxis Chapter Four Native Tongues: Voices of the Post-Soul Intelligentsia Chapter Five A Soul Baby in Real Time: Generation Hip-hop on Campus Epilogue