{"product_id":"on-michael-jackson-paperback","title":"On Michael Jackson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargo Jefferson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural critic\u003c\/b\u003e brilliantly unravels the complexities of one of the most enigmatic figures of our time in this \u003cb\u003epassionate, incisive, and bracing work of cultural analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWho is Michael Jackson and what does it mean to call him a \"What Is It\"? What do P. T. Barnum, Peter Pan, and Edgar Allan Poe have to do with our fascination with Jackson? How did his curious Victorian upbringing and his tenure as a child prodigy on the \"chitlin' circuit\" inform his character and multiplicity of selves? How is Michael Jackson's celebrity related to the outrageous popularity of nineteenth-century minstrelsy? What is the perverse appeal of child stars for grown-ups and what is the price of such stardom for these children and for us? What uncanniness provoked Michael Jackson to become \"Alone of All His Race, Alone of All Her Sex,\" while establishing himself as an undeniably great performer with neo-Gothic, dandy proclivities and a producer of visionary music videos? What do we find so unnerving about Michael Jackson's presumed monstrosity? In short, how are we all of us implicated? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this stunning book, Margo Jefferson gives us the incontrovertible lowdown on call-him-what-you-wish; she offers a powerful reckoning with a quintessential, richly allusive signifier of American society and popular culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, \u003cb\u003eMargo Jefferson\u003c\/b\u003e previously served as book and arts critic for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in, among other publications, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eNegroland\u003c\/i\u003e, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Michael Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e and is a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46634539942086,"sku":"9780307277657","price":23.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/8085\/0374\/files\/F4clVGI1WB9780307277657.webp?v=1785336610","url":"https:\/\/paladinvinyl.com\/products\/on-michael-jackson-paperback","provider":"Paladin Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}