RT Article
T1 HIStory against the World: Religion, Black Iconicity, and the Haunting Stretcher Photos of Michael Jackson and Tupac Shakur
JF Religions
VO 14
IS 12
A1 Hill, James Howard
A1 White, Bryson
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1871671663
AB This article examines how Michael Jackson’s 1984 stretcher photo and Tupac Shakur’s 1994 stretcher photo scrambles the disciplinary boundaries surrounding the academic study of religion. Drawing inspiration from Manning Marable’s concept of Blackwater, this study explores the complexities of black iconicity’s relationship to black suffering in the modern world. Through a critical analysis of the production and circulation of Jackson and Shakur’s respective stretcher photos, the following account highlights the disruptive force of black iconicity in modern society, unraveling its implications for religious meaning. By tarrying with these haunting photographic representations, this article prompts a reevaluation of the relation between (anti)blackness, visual culture, religion, and popular culture.
K1 Lived Religion
K1 Arthur Jafa
K1 Tupac Shakur
K1 Michael Jackson
K1 Visual Culture
K1 Popular Culture
K1 African American religions
K1 Religion
DO 10.3390/rel14121488