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Desperately Seeking Madonna: In Search of the Meaning of the World's Most Famous Woman | 
 enlarge | Creator: Adam Sexton
Publisher: Delta
Category: Book
List Price: $19.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1402403
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 316
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0385306881
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092
EAN: 9780385306881
ASIN: 0385306881
Publication Date: December 1, 1992
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Product Description
From cartoons to academic essays to tabloid journalism, Madonna has been interpreted in almost every way possible. Here is an original collection of these writings that is almost as diverse as the Material Girl herself which attempts to uncover as many interpretations of Madonna's appeal as is possible. Photographs and cartoons.
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 Pop culture criticism at its best! July 19, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Whether you're a devotee or detractor of the lady in question, "Desperately Seeking Madonna" never fails to entertain (and even educate). Sexton features an impressive array of contributors (where else can you find essays by both Camille Paglia and Henry Rollins?) and himself uses Madonna as a springboard for such thought-provoking questions as "does our culture need to pigeonhole women in order to understand them?" An intelligent, fun and fascinating read.
This book is great May 23, 2006
Where else can you read about the relationship between Madonna and man's desire to bowl?
 The literary hodgepodge of Madonna January 27, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book contains 51 different articles, thesis', poems and rants about Madonna, by authors varied as Camille Paglia and Vincent Canby to Henry Rollins and Liz Smith. It includes various one page cartoons and strips from "Mad" magazine and the Village Voice, and also in the mix are Rolling Stone poll results, a David Letterman top ten list about "Truth or Dare", and Sandra Bernhard writing about her Madonna dreams from her book "Confessions of a Pretty Lady". This book is chock full of more useless information about Madonna that us fans crave, new and old...The information covers roughly the 1984-1991 era (her most active IMHO) and is very entertaining, though not for the average reader. Madonna fans will find this book a great resource and companion to "The Madonna Companion", also a collection of written works about Madonna, though it is more on the scholarly edge. So this book is recommended to Madonna collectors, and all others...Borrow it from your own "Madonna freak".
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