Category: Op-Ed (Opinion Pieces) | The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies

2nd May 201916th April 2020

Michael Jackson, Childhood and the Human Need for Understanding

Posted By: Karin Merx Brad Washington, Childhood, Michael Jackson

Abstract: In this article, Michael Jackson’s traumatic childhood is examined and analyzed. But its purpose is to help bring awareness of our own childhoods,

Articles Issue 2 Op-Ed (Opinion Pieces) Volume 5

3rd November 201816th April 2020

Michael Jackson, the Media, and the Downside of Narratives

Posted By: Karin Merx article, Brad Washington, Impact art, Influence, listeners, media, Media Narratives, Michael Jackson

Abstract: In this article, we examine Jackson’s treatment given to him by the media which would harm his work critically and the impact it

Articles Issue 2 Op-Ed (Opinion Pieces) Volume 4

7th November 201725th June 2020

“Have you seen my childhood?” – Michael Jackson, James Baldwin and childhoods lost

Posted By: Karin Merx Childhood, James Baldwin, Kerry Hennigan, Michael Jackson, opinion piece

Abstract: Though they were active in different decades, the famous American author James Baldwin and international music icon Michael Jackson both believed they never

Articles Film Studies Issue 2 Op-Ed (Opinion Pieces) Volume 3

21st December 201614th April 2020

Femmes Fatale – The ‘Dangerous Woman’ Narrative

Posted By: Karin Merx Another Part of Me, Billie Jean, blood on the dance floor, Dancing the Dream, dangerous, Dirty Diana, Femme Fatale, Important messages, Jan Carlson, Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Privacy, religion, spiritual scriptures, This is It, willa stillwater

Abstract: From as early as his 1982 Billie Jean short film, it has been apparent that Michael Jackson had a distinct fascination with Film Noir, the Classical