Academia

Academia Chapter 3 Issue 2 MA Thesis Volume 3 

20th October 201614th April 2020

CHAPTER 3 – “EXACTLY WHICH MICHAEL JACKSON ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ANYWAY?” AGENCY AND IDENTITY IN BAD

Posted By: Karin Merx Chapter 3, Liberian Girl, Michael Jackson, Ryan Garey, Speed Demon, The Way You Make Me Feel, Who's Bad

Songs: “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Speed Demon,” “Liberian Girl” The next three songs introduce the more specific normative constructs of gender, identity,

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Academia Chapter 5 Issue 2 MA Thesis Volume 3 

20th October 201614th April 2020

CHAPTER 5 – DOUBLE ENTENDRE: THE MAN AND THE MEDIA

Posted By: Karin Merx Dirty Diana, I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Leave Me Alone, MA thesis, Michael Jackson, Ryan Garey, Who's Bad

Songs: “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Dirty Diana,” “Leave Me Alone” Michael Jackson’s post-Bad career was very explicitly about redefining, questioning, subverting, and

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Academia Chapter 4 Issue 2 MA Thesis Volume 3 

20th October 201614th April 2020

CHAPTER 4 – “THERE IS NO DANGER” SANITIZING BAD AUTHORSHIP

Posted By: Karin Merx Another Part of Me, Just Good Friends, MA thesis, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson, Ryan Garey

Songs: “Just Good Friends,” “Man in the Mirror,” “Another Part of Me” (Captain EO) At the end of the last chapter, I hypothesized that

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Academia Appendix A Issue 2 MA Thesis Volume 3 

20th October 201614th April 2020

APPENDIX A: LIST OF SOURCES FOR SONGS AND VIDEOS

Posted By: Karin Merx Appendix A, MA thesis, Michael Jackson, Ryan Garey, Songs, Sources, Videos, Who's Bad

Sources for Songs and Videos: Songs: Jackson, Michael. Bad. Epic Records, 1987. CD. All songs used. Jackson, Michael and John Barnes. “We Are Here

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