Michael Jackson's Radical Aesthetic

This two-volume work encourages students, fans, and scholars to take an expansive view of Michael Jackson's art.

Willa Stillwater co- founded and serves as co- author and co- editor of Dancing with the Elephant (dancingwiththeelephant.wordpress.com), a blog devoted to fostering conversations about Michael Jackson, his art, and social change. Stillwater has a PhD in English, and her doctoral research focused on the many ways cultural narratives are made real by being inscribed on the body, which she sees as an important concept in Michael Jackson's work.

PRELUDE: TELLING, UNTELLING, AND RETELLING ACT ONE: THE EARLY FILMS Chapter 1: Selected Films of the 1980s, Chapter 2: Moonwalker and Its Component Films, Chapter 3: Selected Dangerous Films ACT TWO: A TIME OF CRISIS Chapter 4: Historical Contexts, Chapter 5: The Allegations, Chapter 6: Additional Factors Influencing Perceptions CODETTA