The destruction and creation of Michael Jackson / Ellis Cashmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashmore, Ellis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.

Jackson, Michael.

Singers--United States--Biography.

Singers.

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 376 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"However people remember Jackson, no one can deny that, in cultural terms, Jackson remains a compelling subject: an icon of the late 20th century, he reflects not only the changes in the circumstances of the African American population, but changes in white America. Jackson was idolized, perhaps even objectified into an extraordinary being for whom there were no established reference points in whites' conceptions. This book posits that Jackson was a creation of, at first, American and, later, global culture at a time when it seemed desirable, if not necessary to exalt a Black person on merit. America had become a society in which someone of Jackson's indisputable genius not only can, but must, rise to the top" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Destruction and Creation: Timeline 1

1. Pact with the Devil

2. Ticket to Ride

3. Nothing Strange about Your Daddy

4. Prisoner of All Those Around Him

5. Yesterday's News

6. Through the Eyes of a Child

7. With Walt Disney or Michelangelo

8. A Nightmare

9. In Aladdin's Cave

10. Whatever Reality They Want

11. Shifting the Needle

12. From His Sexuality to His Face

13. True or Not, It Didn't Matter

14. Wearing Different Masks

15. Prophets of Black Conservatism

16. Nothing Was the Same After

17. Phantasmagorical Bubble Machine

18. Without the Grit of Reality

19. The Wand

20. Old Soul in a Young Body

21. In This Good Land of Ours

22. Close to the Threshold of Hell

Destruction and Creation: Key Players

Playlist

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5013-6356-5

1-5013-6363-8

1-5013-6355-7

OCLC:

1285371604