Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask

In this expanded, all-new edition, this book argues for the tangible relationship between Jackson and blackface minstrelsy. It reveals the dialogue at minstrelsy's core and, in its broader sense, tracks a centuries-long pattern of racial oppression and its resistance and how that has been played out in popular theatre.

List of contents

Introduction: Michael Jackson and the Afterlife of Blackface Minstrelsy 1. 'Billie Jean' at Motown 25: Blackface Minstrelsy for a New Generation 2. 'Weel About and Turn About and Do Jis So': The Demands and Desires of Antebellum Minstrel Theatre 3. 'It's Black, It's White': Hollywood, Racial Stereotypes and the Blackface Mask 4. 'We Wear the Mask That Grins and Lies': The Black Minstrel Tradition 5. 'Wacko Jacko': Michael Jackson's Misrepresentation and Its Strategic Resistance 6. 'The Truth of Lust, Woman to Man': The (Re)masculation of Michael Jackson 7. 'Come and Rescue Me Out of This Storm': The Question of Michael Jackson's Legacy

About the author

Harriet J. Manning is Associate Researcher at Newcastle University, UK.

Summary

In this expanded, all-new edition, this book argues for the tangible relationship between Jackson and blackface minstrelsy. It reveals the dialogue at minstrelsy’s core and, in its broader sense, tracks a centuries-long pattern of racial oppression and its resistance and how that has been played out in popular theatre.

Product details

• Authors: Harriet J. Manning, Manning Harriet J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032508535
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250853-5
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Rock, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Pop Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters