The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies | ISSN: 2452-0497
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Abstract: The artist, Michael Jackson has oft been given the epithet, Peter Pan of Pop, however, this article presents his association with fictional characters as far more complex. It also discusses Jackson’s parallels with Shakespeare’s Ariel and the authors, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Oscar Wilde. This article Read More …
Placed with permission of the author Raven Woods
In 1926, poet and essayist Langston Hughes wrote a short but stirring piece that became a manifesto for the Harlem Renaissance, the great cultural movement that brought Black art, culture, and music to prominence in American society. Last spring, when I assigned this essay to one of my American Lit classes, it occurred to me that much of what Hughes wrote in 1926 could also apply to many of the trials and tribulations that Michael Jackson would endure as an African-American artist more than sixty years later. Here is Langston Hughes’s essay. The sections that are highlighted are my emphasis, as these are important points that I will return to later when addressing the essay’s relevance to Michael Jackson:
Abstract: Michael Joseph Jackson was a ritual healer whose charismatic presence magnetized and unified millions of souls for good through his global performances. In this opinion piece academic and artist, Constance Pierce, discusses the myriad connections between Michael Jackson, J.D. Salinger and the notion of privacy. Read More …
Abstract: Constance Pierce’s “Will You Be There,” are a series of art works originally displayed in the international exhibition “Art on Paper 2010” at the Museum of Art in Aichi, Japan. This series has since been featured in three solo exhibitions: the Harlan Gallery of Seton Read More …