| Description |
xvi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Ashgate popular and folk music series
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Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index. |
| Contents |
Freaks (from On Michael Jackson) / Margo Jefferson -- Michael Jackson and the myth of race and gender / Julian Vigo -- Sentenced to neverland : Michael Jackson, Peter Pan, and queer futurity / Amy C. Billone -- Michael Jackson and the quandary of black identity / Sherrow O. Pinder -- "Split" biography : Man in the mirror : Michael Jackson story / Jesse Schlotterbeck -- From pop icon to postmodern kitsch : images of Michael Jackson in contemporary art / Brett M. Van Hoesen -- Putting the music back into Michael Jackson studies / Christopher Wiley -- "We are here to change the world" : Captain EO and the future of Utopia / Carl Miller -- Tomorrow today : Michael Jackson as science fiction character, author, and text / Ruchi Mital -- Dancing with the elephant man's bones / Raphael Raphael -- Cultural anxiety surrounding a plastic prodigy : a performance analysis of Michael Jackson as an embodiment of post-identity politics / Julie-Ann Scott -- Unbearable lightness of being Michael : Religious witness of Michael Jackson / David Dark -- "We are going to see the king" : christianity and celebrity at Michael Jackson's memorial / Diana York Blaine -- Remember to always think twice : Reconciliation of Michael Jackson / Zack Stiegler. |
| Subject |
Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009 -- Psychology.
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Psychology. |
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Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Popular music -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Popular music. |
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Popular culture. |
| Added Author |
Smit, Christopher R., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781409441441 hardcover alkaline paper |
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140944144X hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781409446965 paperback |
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1409446964 paperback |
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