Madonna Studies

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Madonna Studies was a term which has been used to refer to a controversial development of a field in Media Studies during the 90s. One writer described the "institutionalization of a major subdivision of American media studies into Madonna studies"[1]. The field related to the study of and interpretation of the work of American pop musician Madonna using an interdisciplinary approach incorporating Cultural Studies and Media Studies. A notable compendium of essays titled The Madonna Connection[2] was published in 1993. Controversy over this field of study stemmed from discussions over the intellectual worth of pursuing academic inquiry into a pop musician, with some arguing the field was nothing more than pop cultural commentary.

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  1. ^ Robertson, P (1996), Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp From Mae West to Madonna Duke University Press, London pp. 117
  2. ^ Schwichtenberg, C (1993), Introduction to Schwichtenberg, C (ed), The Madonna Connection: Representational Politics, Subcultural Identities, and Cultural Theory Westview Press, San Francisco