"Michael Jackson as a mythical hero an anthropological perspective"

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INTRODUCTION TO THE 2020 EDITION 9

INTRODUCTION WHAT KIND OF ANTHROPOLOGY DO I PRACTICE? 11

PART I: THE CULTURE OF NARCISSISM AS A CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE POP CULT 15

Chapter 1: The Total Social Fact 17

Chapter 2: The Culture of Narcissism 25

Chapter 3: The Pop Cult: Life as a ‘Work of Art’ 37

PART II: RECEPTION OF MICHAEL JACKSON IN COLLECTIVE AWARENESS 45

Chapter 1: Michael Jackson’s Biography 47

Chapter 2: People vs. Jackson: The Trial Day by Day 60

Chapter 3: ‘The King of Pop’: The King of Paedophilia 77

PART III: ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIGURES 105

Chapter 1: The Trickster 107

Chapter 2: The Scapegoat 123

Chapter 3: The Carnival King 138

CONCLUSION 154

AFTERWORD 1 JUNE 2009 156

POST SCRIPTUM 25 JUNE 2009 159

BIBLIOGRAPHY 161

INDEX 172