Africana Studies at New York University

Harper, Phillip


Erich Maria Remarque Professor of LiteratureProfessor of Social and Cultural Analysis, EnglishChair, Department of English
Ph.D. 1988 (English), M.A. 1986, M.F.A. 1985 (creative writing), Cornell; B.A. 1981 (creative writing/literature), Michiagan.


Office Address: 19 University Pl, 510 New York, New York (US) 10003
Phone: (212) 998-8831
Fax: (212) 995-4019
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Areas of Research/Interest: Modern and contemporary U.S. literary and cultural studies; African-American literature and culture; gender and sexuality studies


Private Affairs: Critical Ventures in the Culture of Social Relations. New York: NYU Press. 1999.
Are We Not Men? Masculine Anxiety and the Problem of African-American Identity. New York: Oxford UP. 1996.
Framing the Margins: The Social Logic of Postmodern Culture. New York: Oxford UP. 1994.

Fellowships/Honors: National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship; Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.