| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910456239703321 |
|
|
Autore |
Faith Karlene |
|
|
Titolo |
Madonna, bawdy & soul / / Karlene Faith ; appendix, selected works of Madonna by Frances Wasserlein |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
|
©1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-282-02573-2 |
9786612025730 |
1-4426-7688-4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (234 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Singers - United States |
Motion picture actors and actresses - United States |
Sex in popular culture |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
"Appendix: Selected works of Madonna by Frances Wasserlein". |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. Who Is This Madonna? -- 3. Grist for Feminist Thinking -- 4. The Scholar and the Showgirl -- 5. Identity: Sex, Religion, and Difference -- 6. Liberated Sex Crusader? -- 7. A Careening Career -- 8. Role Model? -- 9. Only Madonna Knows -- Postscript -- Appendix: Selected Works of Madonna by Frances Wasserlein -- References -- Index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
How do bad girls get away with it? How did Madonna, subject of public outcry for her controversial performances and her book Sex, become a superstar of pop culture and a role model for teenage girls? Why now, as star of Evita and a new mother, is she becoming a mainstream hero?Karlene Faith says that Madonna signifies the times we live in. We are, in a sense, all responsible for who Madonna is. As fans, moral critics, media journalists, or university scholars, we mediate what she means to our society. And Madonna, as a shrewd career woman, has known how to exploit our attentions with her multiple talents. Her representation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of sexual practices and values has not taken place in a political or social vacuum. She has counted on our readiness to witness the smashing of cultural taboos. Feminist reactions to Madonna have been divided. In her early career Madonna was a teenage role model, applauded as a liberated sex crusader. Later, she raised eyebrows by portraying cynical sex with multiple partners across identity boundaries and by capitalizing on sadomasochistic imagery.Madonna, Bawdy & Soul is a celebration and critical analysis of Madonna from a feminist perspective. It will, like Madonna, provoke controversy among fans, critics, and scholars. The book includes a comprehensive listing of songs, videos, tours, films, stage roles, and Internet sites. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |