Desperately Seeking Madonna: In Search of the Meaning of the World's Most Famous Woman

By Adam Sexton

Book Overview

An original collection of writings almost as diverse as the Material Girl herself, attempting to uncover as many interpretations of Madonna's appeal as is possible With voices as diverse as Russell... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385306881
• ISBN13: 9780385306881
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Pop culture criticism at its best!

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

Where else can you read about the relationship between Madonna and man's desire to bowl?

The literary hodgepodge of Madonna

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".