Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 12:15:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Francis N Nesbitt <fnn-AT-oitunix.oit.umass.edu>
Subject: non-essential subject


radhika, satish, ...

the notion of a 'non-essential subject' and/or 'multiple positions' is an 
interesting one and i am wondering if one could read it in the context of 
style and performance
i'm thinking here of the remarkable transformation(s) of Michael Jackson 
from a from "black" to "brown" to "white"
 Jacko is not interested in the traditional 'passing for white' but in 
an actual transracialization (maybe this is this is what he was thinking 
about when he made the video "Earth")  
is Jacko 'white' or 'black' or is this a case of "intentional 
hybridity"? maybe Jacko is a prototype of the postnational, postethnic 
future where people will be able to choose their race, nationality, and 
ethnic group  

njubi
university of massachusetts


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