MJ Studies Today II (14-02-16)
Abstract: February 2016 discusses the recent news that the white actor Joseph Fiennes, was cast as Michael Jackson in an upcoming comedy program on Sky Arts. Column by Elizabeth Amisu, MA, PGCE, editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Amisu, Elizabeth. […]
An Interview with Joseph Vogel
Abstract: This interview is part of our ongoing coverage of unique and dynamic authors who have written compelling monographs about Michael Jackson. In it, Joe Vogel, author of ‘Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson, discusses his process and his research. REFERENCE AS: Vogel, Joseph. “An Interview with Joseph Vogel.” Interview, The Journal […]
MJ Studies Today I (14-01-16)
Abstract: January 2016 discusses the cover-reveal of ‘The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife‘ by Elizabeth Amisu. Column by Elizabeth Amisu, MA, PGCE, editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. REFERENCE AS: Amisu, Elizabeth. “MJ […]
From Throne to Wilderness: Michael Jackson’s ‘Stranger in Moscow’ and the Foucauldian Outlaw
In 1993, a horde of Californian ‘police and prosecutors spent millions of dollars to create a case whose foundation never existed’.1 Their fruitless efforts were to incriminate Michael Jackson, a black artist who was the most commercially successful in the world. Jackson, who was in Russia on his
Episode 1 – Was Michael Jackson an Artist?
Abstract: In this first ever episode of Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation, Karin and Elizabeth discuss Michael Jackson’s 1991 Black or White short film, directed by John Landis, who was also the director of the Thriller short film. The discussion of Jackson’s ‘Panther Dance’, also known as the ‘Coda’, leads into a conversation on whether or not the […]
Dancing with Michael Jackson
"Reeves’s powerful dance reminds us that Jackson achieved more than irresistible, superbly marketable tracks, or even magnificent music. His work also remains politically potent. One reason for that is Jackson’s insistence on responsibility and empathy — who am I to be blind, pretending not to see their need? Another is his work’s constantly reiterated invitation: Come and dance with me. We busy shoppers declined to dance and the loss was ours; but Dimitri Reeves and his neighbors chose, more wisely, to dance with Michael Jackson: to turn it way up, take it to others, refuse self-consciousness and judgement, and rejoice."
Continue readingMichael Jackson, Black Modernisms and ‘The Ecstasy of Communication’
With the permission of esteemed academic, Professor Michele Wallace, we are able to publish this culturally and historically relevant article, written and published in 1989 at the height of Jackson's post-
Susan Fast: Michael Jackson’s ‘Dangerous’ Album – Kapitel ‘Soul’-‘Seele’
This chapter, 'Soul' from the book,