Desperately seeking Madonna : in search of the meaning of the world's most famous woman / edited by Adam Sexton.
| Other author | Sexton, Adam, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Delta, ©1993. |
| Description | xv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: justifying my love / Adam Sexton -- "Madonnarama" ( from The Village Voice) ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1984 / Eric Schmuckler -- "Opaque object of desire" (from The Village Voice) / Tom Ward -- "Girls can't do what the guys do: Madonna's physical attraction" ( from The First Rock & Roll Confidential Report) / Dave Marsh -- "Since when was Madonna your cup of tea?" ( from The New Yorker) / Modell -- On the "Material Girl" video ( from Rocking Around the Clock) / E. Ann Kaplan -- "The New York whats" ( from The New York Times) / Russell Baker -- From Madonna Nudes, 1979 / Martin Schreiber -- "Madonna" ( from Rolling Stone) / Helen Gurley Brown -- "Madonna" ( from Spin) ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1985 / Henry Rollins -- "Primadonna" ( from the Boston Phoenix) / Joyce Millman -- "Madonna" ( from Reading the Popular) / John Fiske -- On Updike on "True Blue" ( from U and I) / Nicholson Baker -- The Seven Ladies of ASCAP ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1986 / Hirschfeld -- "In search of Madonna's persona" ( from The New York Times) / Vincent Canby -- On Madonna vs. Bruce ( from "McRock: pop as commodity" in Facing the Music ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1987 / Mary Harron -- On Madonna dreams ( from Confessions of a Pretty Lady) ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1988 / Sandra Bernhard -- "In being a good corporate citizen, Pepsi came to wrong conclusion" ( from ADWEEK) / Richard Morgan -- "Like a Catholic: Madonna's challenge to her church" ( from America) / Andrew M. Greeley -- "Living to tell: Madonna's resurrection of the fleshly" ( from Feminine Endings) / Susan McClary -- From Personality Comics Presents Madonna #1 ; "Madonna, girl of a thousand faces" ( from Esquire's "Women We Love" 1989 issue / Stephen Spire III, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Dave Sharpe -- "The decade in Madonna: ascension of the Catholic schoolgirl" ( from Musician) ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1989 / Mark Rowland -- "Madonna eats L.A." ( from Egg) / Anita Sarko -- Costume sketch ( from the Blond Ambition Tour) / Jean-Paul Gaultier -- "Unlike a virgin" ( from The New Republic) / Luc Sante -- "Of savages and their wild goddess" ( from the Los Angeles Times) / Art Buchwald -- Madonna symposium survey ( from The Cheap Art Store) / Sarah Williams and Jennifer Martinez -- "A brain for sin and a bod for business" ( from Forbes) / Matthew Schifrin with Peter Newcomb -- "Madoodoo!" ( from Rock 'n' Roll Comics: Madonna) / Todd Loren and Lyndal Ferguson -- "Another image in the Madonna Rolodex" ( from The Boston Globe) / Ellen Goodman -- "Madonna: finally, a real feminist" ( from The New York Times) / Camille Paglia -- "Like a virgin: Madonna's version of the feminine" / Lynne Layton -- "Justify my blues, a lost music video" ( from The Village Voice) / Bob Sikoryak -- "A MAD peek behind the scenes at a Madonna video" ( from MAD) ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1990 / Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, and Mort Drucker -- "Top ten revelations in the new Madonna movie Truth or Dare" ( from Roman Numeral Two: An Altogether New Book of Top Ten Lists) / David Letterman and the Late Night with David Letterman writers -- "Madonnathinking Madonnabout Madonnamusic" ( from The Village Voice) / Robert Christgau -- "Vicarious thrills (a play in one scene) ( from The New Yorker) / Hal Rubenstein -- "Politics in a post-feminist age" ( from The Progressive) / Ruth Conniff -- "Madonna and Sandra: like we care" / Deb Schwartz -- "Madonna: plantation mistress or soul sister?" / Bell Hooks -- "Being 'real,' using 'real' ( from Christianity and Crisis) / Kathleen Talvacchia -- "Truth or dare in apartment 2-L" ( from The New Yorker) / Roz Chast -- "Single sex and the girl" ( from The National Review) / Joseph Sobran -- "Immaterial girl" ( from The National Review) / John Simon -- "Immaterial guy" ( from Sports Illustrated) / Leigh Montville -- "The madometer" ( from Time Out) / Dominic Wells -- "Wild child" ( from Oracle) / Janey Stubbs -- "The Merrill Markoe interview" ( from What the Dogs Have Taught Me) / Merrill Markoe -- On Madonna books ( from Newsday) ; Madonna tongue n' chic' sandwich ( from the Stage Deli) / Liz Smith -- "Madonna and me" ; Madonna postage stamps from the island of St. Vincent ; From Rolling Stone polls, 1991 ; CODA: "Madonna interview" ( from Nightline) ; Madonna vide/film/disc/etc.-ography / Elizabeth Tippens. |
| Abstract | A collection of essays, articles, tabloid journalism, academic essays, art, and more, chronicling Madonna's career. |
| Bibliography note | Videography, discography, and filmography: pages 289-293. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other title | Madonna. |
| LCCN | 92000394 |
| ISBN | 0385306881 : |