Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieApr 183 minNaKan Journal: special issue on Michael Jackson"Michael Jackson's artistic contributions: another perspective" Issue directed by Isabelle Petitjean, April 2022 The number of academic...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieJan 224 minAnalyzing Michael Jackson: a heartbreaker?I have often been asked if the fact of having analyzed Michael Jackson, or more exactly his work, has not killed in me the emotion and...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieAug 11, 20189 minMichael Jackson's Bad, another look at a mythical video"Bad": Edmund Perry, African Americans and the educational issue The video script for Bad, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieFeb 13, 20154 minThe financial, political, historical and racial impact of Michael Jackson's successTo say or read that Thriller is a historical success is a truism. To read or say that "We Are the World" was an event is another obvious...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieJan 25, 20158 minMichael Jackson, They Don't Care About UsMichael Jackson's They don't Care About Us or an aspect (among others...) of the interpretation and the political appropriation of an...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieJan 1, 20155 minMichael Jackson, inheritor of the Minstrels and instigator of a new blackfaceForeword The blackface was a street show that later led to the Minstrel, which consisted in seeing whites with blackened faces parodying...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieJun 12, 20144 minOne decade later, They (still) really don't care about them, Michael!The news seems to fall from the moon concerning the precarious situation of a good part of Brazil and some districts of Rio, behind the...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieMay 17, 20148 minMichael Jackson's "Xscape"Michael Jackson, The truth about these posthumous editions? Which truth(s)? Because it seems to me, from the outset, that it is in the...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieMay 14, 20146 minMichael Jackson versus Charlie ChaplinWe often talk about the fascination that Michael Jackson had for Charlie Chaplin. We often see photos in which he repeats his postures,...
Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologieMay 10, 20148 minMichael Jackson's "Xscape", Save yourself!Post of (very very bad) mood… That was the day. I was motivated... you'll laugh... to what? to listen to Xscape... Yes, there are things...