{"product_id":"the-destruction-and-creation-of-michael-jackson-by-ellis-cashmore-9781501363580","title":"The Destruction and Creation of Michael Jackson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist: PROSE Awards 2023 – Media and Cultural Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Jackson died in 2009, but he has never really left us and there are no signs he ever will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA globally acclaimed child star in the 1970s, the world’s premier entertainer in the final decades of the 20th century, and a perplexingly odd character in the 21st century, Jackson defied every known category and became borderline incomprehensible. To remedy this, in \u003cem\u003eThe Destruction and Creation of Michael Jackson\u003c\/em\u003e, Ellis Cashmore reflects on the restless, unorthodox, and mysterious life Jackson led in order to understand more about him as well as his cultural impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring how Jackson emerged from the post-civil rights era when America was searching for someone who symbolised a new age as it struggled to unburden itself of racial inequality, Cashmore’s book is the first to examine Jackson’s career through the prisms of American racial politics and celebrity culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUniquely structured, beginning in the present and journeying back to Jackson’s birth, \u003cem\u003eThe Destruction and Creation of Michael Jackson\u003c\/em\u003e will excite and enliven debates on this controversial figure, one that very much continues to remain embedded within our culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599398256876,"sku":"9781501363580","price":92.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c634e3b7cdacbcbb77250291915761a6.jpg?v=1778037485","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-destruction-and-creation-of-michael-jackson-by-ellis-cashmore-9781501363580","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}