{"product_id":"michael-jackson-and-the-reinvention-of-pop-paperback","title":"Michael Jackson and the Reinvention of Pop - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow one artist reshaped the sound, image, and ambition of popular music.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Michael Jackson, white rock dominated radio, MTV, and the pages of mainstream music journalism. Black artists were often confined to segregated charts and second-class categories. And \"pop\" was still shorthand for disposable, bubblegum fluff. After Michael Jackson, pop became the umbrella for all of popular music-an expansive, genre-defying art form that could absorb rock, R\u0026amp;B, funk, disco, and soul. And a Black artist was crowned its undisputed king.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Michael Jackson and the Reinvention of Pop\u003c\/i\u003e, critically acclaimed author Joseph Vogel-whose groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003eMan in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e redefined Jackson scholarship-brings together seven of his most influential essays originally published in major outlets such as \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e. Taken together, these pieces trace how Jackson did more than top charts. He reimagined the very architecture of popular culture. He transformed the album into a cinematic event, the music video into high art, the live performance into global spectacle. He blurred racial and genre boundaries, fused sound and image with unprecedented precision, and elevated pop into a space of ambition, innovation, and cultural power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken together, these pieces trace how Jackson did more than top charts. He reimagined the very architecture of popular culture. He transformed the album into a cinematic event, the music video into high art, the live performance into global spectacle. He blurred racial and genre boundaries, fused sound and image with unprecedented precision, and elevated pop into a space of ambition, innovation, and cultural power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when Jackson's legacy remains both towering and contested, Vogel returns to the work itself-the music, the films, the performances-to explore how one artist reshaped not only what pop sounded like, but what it meant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56017862918449,"sku":"9781977682901","price":17.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/1p1PeVgmp9781977682901.webp?v=1788025802","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/michael-jackson-and-the-reinvention-of-pop-paperback","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}