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Jul 8, 2009 · Was he transgender? In life, some people were so confused by Jackson’s appearance and gender presentation they turned to online answer sites, asking, “What Was Michael Jackson’s Gender?”...
Oct 20, 2016 · As Jackson dons various gender roles from one song to the next and even within songs, his repeatedly signifying alternative gender and identity practices are subversive to the normative ones (Gender Trouble 198-199).
Jul 1, 2009 · Jackson's been called all that and more – sometimes in a single piece of prose. People will be talking about Jackson, his music, performance style, but most of all perhaps his persona, for...
Mar 29, 2012 · Michael Jackson reflects and represents currents of diversity of American identity. Seen in the 1970s as emblematic of post-Civil Rights equality (Dyson 1993 ), he catapulted from the status of working-class child performer to multi-millionaire music publisher.
In the end, Michael Jackson’s body defied definition: he was sexless as he interpreted the roles of both man and women; his sexuality was represented as either non-existant or hyper-active, between the media sensationalism of his not possessing a sexuality whatsoever to his preying upon children; and likewise Jackson defied race as he was neithe...
The following is a striking example of how Jackson’s “roots” and “routes” intersected and how his American identity informed his global iconicity. For his 1995 song “They Don’t Care About Us,” a song about marginalized people the world over, Jackson filmed two music videos, one of them in Brazil.
rituals of sexual identity and the surveillance of gender codes, from Re- naissance castrati to Freud’s Dora to Linda Lovelace. Jackson’s vocal style betrays an intelligence of the throat’s strengths
Jan 4, 2010 · Why was Michael Jackson’s “identity” under so much scrutiny in his lifetime? His gender, sexuality, looks, face, sensual dance, relationships and private life seemed “up for grabs” by and in the public.
Oct 24, 2017 · ABSTRACT. Throughout his 40-year career, Michael Jackson intrigued and captivated public imagination through musical ingenuity, sexual and racial spectacle, savvy publicity stunts, odd behaviours, and a seemingly apolitical (yet always political) offering of popular art.
Jun 25, 2010 · But according to Jackson's dermatologist, Jackson saw his own face as a work of art and truth be told, he didn't look quite like a woman or a man -- he looked post-human.
