Left of Black S3:E27 | Queer Sounds & Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era

Left of Black S3:E27 |  Queer Sounds & Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era 

Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined, via Skype, by DePaul University Professor Francesca Royster, the author of the new book Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era (University of Michigan Press).
With Black eccentricity as a frame, Neal and Royster discuss the careers and legacies of the late Eartha Kitt, Parliament-Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder's Secret Life of Plants, Grace Jones and the late Michael Jackson.
Royster is also the author of  Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon. 

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