Publication: New Issue NaKaN Journal - Michael Jackson’s artistic contributions: another perspective

Michael Jackson’s artistic contributions: another perspective
Issue edited by Isabelle PETITJEAN
NaKaN. Journal of Cultural Studies,
Issue 2/Numéro 2, April/Avril 2022.
e-ISSN : 2779-6981

The number of academic studies on Michael Jackson has increased in recent years, probably coinciding with a growing awareness of his impact on the music industry, the history of music and society, and a growing interest in him from the cultural studies perspective. However, many of the studies on Jackson have focused less on his artistic contributions than on issues related to his physicality and his racial or gender positioning.

By devoting a special issue to Michael Jackson, NaKan wanted to propose to shift this gaze and this cluster of approaches too often centered on the social sciences to generate a reflection more focused on the work and the mediums of expression of the artist, as many channels offering a possibility of contextualizations and historical and stylistic analysis. The challenges of this edition have been met, since it is nourished by contributions that have been able to focus on the work and offer disciplinary or multidisciplinary analyses of the artist’s musical and visual production, per se. And this was indeed the challenge of the proposed lines of research.

Link of ISSUE https://nakanjournal.com/michael-jacksons-artistic-contributions-another-perspective/

Presentation of the Nakan Journal

NaKaN, a journal of cultural studies which has its roots in the West Indies, brings together leading academics from different areas. It focuses on cultural margins, based on a transdisciplinary approach that combines concerns for the local and the global, synchronously and diachronically. The journal NaKaN finds its genuine relevance through in the issues and theoretical considerations that it raises and which places it at odds with substantialist readings of the literary, artistic and social margins. The journal focuses on the study of literary, artistic and musical cultures, representations, the history of ideas, etc. The journal’s main areas of interest are the study of literary, artistic and musical culture, representations, the history of ideas, etc.

Buata Malela
Director,
NaKaN. Journal of Cultural Studies