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

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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".

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.

Book contains many essays of varying dates, all about Madonna herself and her supposed impact on society. It was everything it was promised to be, although I still cannot get into the whole Madonnamania thing. She's more of an exhibitionist than anything else. If she hadn't crucified herself and hitchiked naked she would be forgotten by now, but that's just my opinion. Some essays are very favorable, some more critical. Good book for the fan or critic, or anyone into music.

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