Episode 70 – Michael Jackson 14th Anniversary

Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On An Academic Conversation

Abstract: In this episode, Karin, Elizabeth and Kerry contemplate about 14 years of the passing of Michael Jackson. They discuss the article The Boy Who Would Fly (1983) by Hoskin and express how these 14 years are experienced and look into the future.

This episode is dedicated to Elizabeth’s Father IBK, who passed untimely on Sunday, June 18, 2023
May his soul Rest In Peace

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. “Episode 70 – ‘Michael Jackson 14th Anniversary’, Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On An Academic Conversation 10, no. 4 (2023). Published electronically 25/06/2023. https://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-70-Michael-Jackson-14th-Anniversary

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Episode 70 – Michael Jackson 14th Anniversary
By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu & Kerry Hennigan

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. Barney Hoskyns, The Boy Who Would Fly: Michael Jackson, The Quietus (September 1983). Republished June 26, 2009.
2. Elizabeth Amisu, The Dangerous Philosophies Of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Praeger, 2016).
3. Sherrow O. Pinder, Michael Jackson and The Quandery Of A Black Identity (State University of New York Press, 2021)