Scholarly Articles/Books
Scholarly Articles
- Jeffries, J., & Cochran, S. (2017). Studying Prince: An Introduction. Journal of African American Studies, 21(3), 293-295. doi:10.1007/s12111-017-9374-4
- Johnson, Z. (2017). Teaching Prince as Critical Pedagogy: an Autoethnography. Journal of African American Studies, 21(3), 337-352. doi:10.1007/s12111-017-9365-5
- Guion Peoples, D. (2017). Nothing Compares to You: Prince and the Theory of Optimal Distinctiveness. Journal of African American Studies, 21(3), 443-460. doi:10.1007/s12111-017-9369-1
- Holland, N. (2017). Prince: a postmodern icon. Journal of African American Studies. 21(3), 320-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-017-9363-7
Books
- Draper, J. (2011) Prince: Chaos, Disorder, and Revolution. New York: Backbeat Books.
- McInnis, C. L. (2007). The lyrics of Prince Rogers Nelson/[icon symbol]: A literary look at a creative, musical poet, philosopher, and storyteller. Jackson, Miss: Psychedelic Literature.
- Shahidi. A. (2017) Prince : a private view. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
- Tudahl, Duane (2018). Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions : 1983 and 1984. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.
- Vogel, J. (2018). This thing called life: Race, sex, religion, and the creative revolution of Prince. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.
- Walsh, Jim (2017). Gold experience : Following Prince in the ’90s. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press.
News/Popular Media Articles
- Keeton, K. (2017). The Electric Life of Prince Rogers Nelson. Journal of African American Studies, 21(3), 528-532.
- Kalogerakis, George, & Talley, Andre Leon (1992). Fresh Prince. Vogue, 182(1), 160.
- Minnesota Public Radio (2003, November 21). Prince voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved from: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2003/11/21/prince-voted-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of
- Palmer, C. (2016). Dancers recall Prince as a hard-working ‘darling’ in tights and ballet slippers. Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 25, 2017.
- Plunket, R. (1993, September 12). The Joffrey and Prince: An odd couple. (rock star writes 13 songs for new ballet “Billboards”). The New York Times, p. H24.
- Prince, Dean, L., Moulton, C., Sappington, M., Pucci, P., Baird, C., Migdoll, H., … Radiotelevisão Portuguesa. (1994). Billboards: The Joffrey’s rock ballet. New York, NY: Thirteen/WNET.
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2004). Prince. Category: Performers. Retrieved from https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/prince
Prince and Film
- Plasse, M. A. (1996). “Joy in repetition”?: Prince’s “Graffiti Bridge” and “Sign O’ the Times” as sequels to “Purple Rain”. Journal of Popular Culture, 30(3), 57-65.
Prince and Performance
- Dean, P. (2002). MHS Collections: Punk FunkRock Pop. Minnesota History, 58(1) 29–39.
- Hawkins, S. (1992). Prince: Harmonic analysis of ‘anna stesia’. Popular Music, 11(3), 325.
- Helmreich, S., & McMurray, P. (2017). Tape, Prince, and the Studio: Interview with Susan Rogers 23 May 2016, Cambridge, MA. Twentieth-Century Music, 14(1), 135-147. doi:10.1017/S1478572217000111
- McInnis, C L. (2007). The Lyrics of Prince Rogers Nelson/[icon Symbol]: A Literary Look at a Creative, Musical Poet, Philosopher, and Storyteller. Jackson, Miss: Psychedelic Literature.
- Preve, F. (2016). The Paisley Farfisa. Keyboard, 42(7), 36.
- Raftery, Brian (2009, July). The Oral History of Purple Rain. Spin. Retrieved from https://www.spin.com/2016/04/prince-the-oral-history-of-purple-rain-brian-raftery/
- Schoenfeld, N. (2016). Growing with the artist: Roy Bennett and Prince. Projection, Lights & Staging News, 17(4), 43.
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