Episode 72 – A Medley Of Essays

Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On An Academic Conversation

Abstract: In episode 72, Karin and Elizabeth discuss three essays written by three prolific black academics, Professor Wallace, Professor Royster and academic Elizabeth Amisu.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. “Episode 72 – ‘A Medley Of Essays’, Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On An Academic Conversation 10, no. 1 (2023). Published electronically 29/08/2023. https://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-72-a-medley-of-essays

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Episode 72– A Medley Of Essays
By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of ‘A festive parade of Highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Find out more about Karin here.

Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA, is the 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. Find out more about Elizabeth here.

References

1. Michelle Wallace, ‘Black Modernism’Black Modernisms and ‘The Ecstasy of Communication’’, The Journal Of Michael Jackson academic Studies vol.1 issue 1 (https://michaeljacksonstudies.org/michael-jackson-black-modernisms-and-the-ecstasy-of-communication/)
2. Francesca Royster, ‘‘Hee hee hee’: Michael Jackson and the Transgendered Erotics of Voice’, The Journal Of Michael Jackson Academic Studies vol 1 issue 1(https://michaeljacksonstudies.org/hee-hee-hee-michael-jackson-and-the-transgendered-erotics-of-voice/)
3. Elizabeth Amisu, ‘The cultural inheritance of Michael Jackson: reading the performance of high-status blackness in music video and on the stage’, Nakan A Journal Of Cultural Studies vol 2, 2022 (https://nakanjournal.com/the-cultural-inheritance-of-michael-jackson-reading-the-performance-of-high-status-blackness-in-music-video-and-on-the-stage/)
4. Elizabeth Amisu, The Dangerous Philosophies Of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Preager 2016).