Episode 3 – What is Michael Jackson Studies?

Abstract: In this third episode, Karin and Elizabeth talk about what Michael Jackson Studies is. Going through a wide range of references, they explain how the simple act of 'Michaeling' became an area of academic study in its own right. The podcast also discusses the pioneers who started this academic conversation, and the future of the study of Michael Jackson, as an artist. REFERENCE AS: Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 3 - What Is Michael Jackson Studies?", Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 1 (2016). Published electronically 7/02/16. http://sya.rqu.mybluehost.me/website_94cbf058/the-dream-lives-on-3-what-s-michael-jackson-studies/. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies asks that you acknowledge The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies as the source of our Content; if you use material from The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies online, we request that you link directly to the stable URL provided. If you use our content offline, we ask that you credit the source as follows: “Courtesy of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies.” Episode 3 - What is Michael Jackson Studies? By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu 'Most households, I'm sure in the Western world, will have a copy of Thriller there somewhere. That tells us a lot more about us than it does about Michael himself, or even his work. It tells us about what we want to consume, pay for, and what we want to have as part of our culture.' - Elizabeth Amisu All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them 1. 'Chapter 2 - A Critical Survey of Michael Jackson Studies' In The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Praeger, 2016). 2. Dr. Joseph Vogel’s pioneering MJ Studies page that inspired us to create this journal. 3. Dr. Vogel coins the term, 'MJ Studies' to describe his work. 4. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011. 5. Find out about Early Modern English Literature in this video from King’s College London's English Department. 6. Michael Jackson, Moonwalk. (London: Heinemann, 1988). 7.  Michael Jackson, Dancing the Dream: Poems & Reflections (London: Doubleday, 1992). 8. Elizabeth Amisu, "On Michael Jackson’s ‘Dancing the Dream’." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 2 (2014): 3. 9. Karin Merx, "From Throne to Wilderness: Michael Jackson's 'Stranger in Moscow' and the Foucauldian Outlaw." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 4 (2015). 10.