{"title":"Susan Fast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Fast\u003c\/strong\u003e delves into the intricate world of popular culture through a lens that is both scholarly and accessible. Her work often explores iconic figures and their creative expressions, uncovering the cultural significance and artistic innovation embedded within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful analysis that draws on music, performance, and visual art, revealing the deeper narratives behind influential cultural phenomena. Fast’s writing enriches understanding of the arts and their impact on society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"michael-jacksons-dangerous-by-susan-fast-9781623566319","title":"Michael Jackson's Dangerous","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDangerous\u003c\/em\u003e is Michael Jackson's coming of age album. Granted, that’s a bold claim to make given that many think his best work lay behind him by the time this record was made. It offers Jackson on a threshold, at long last embracing adulthood—politically questioning, sexually charged—yet unable to convince a sceptical public who had, by this time, been wholly indoctrinated by a vicious media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEven though the record sold well, few understood or were willing to accept the depth and breadth of Jackson’s vision; and then before it could be fully grasped, it was eclipsed by a shifting pop music landscape and personal scandal—the latter perhaps linked to his assertive new politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book tries to cut through the din of dominant narratives about Jackson, taking up the mature, nuanced artistic statement he offered on \u003cem\u003eDangerous\u003c\/em\u003e in all its complexity. It is read here as a concept album, one that offers a compelling narrative arc of postmodern angst, love, lust, seduction, betrayal, damnation, and above all else, racial politics, in ways heretofore unseen in his music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis record offered a Michael Jackson that was mystifying for a world that had accepted him as a child and as childlike and, hence, as safe; this Michael Jackson was, indeed, dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455634915564,"sku":"9781623566319","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61p-q4zhb2L._SL1500.jpg?v=1774789452"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/susan-fast.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}