Read the article "Michael Jackson's Kingdom". Post your 150-200 word response, using the prompts below as a guide.
Roberts discusses the complex sounds and associations in Michael Jackson's music that may be viewed as "hyperracial" or "transracial." What do these two terms mean, and how do they apply to Jackson's music?
Using this article as a starting point, how does race figure in to how you have created meaningful musical worlds in your own experiences?
Relate the dilemmas posed by how race is constructed in popular music to the Andean reading from last week. How can we ethically negotiate this challenge?
Roberts, T. (2011). Michael Jackson's kingdom: Music, race, and the sound of the maintream. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 23(1), 19-39.