Bibliography of works on Madonna
This is a list containing the different written works about Madonna, including biographies and other literary forms.[lower-alpha 1] Many authors have written more than one book about Madonna and these have been published in multiple languages other than English, including German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian.[lower-alpha 2][3] The releases have sometimes become bestsellers and have faced varied reception from critics and academics. The staff of Xtra Magazine commented that "she has inspired a mini publishing industry all her own".[2] Maura Johnston said that "the appetite for books on Madonna is large, and the variety of approaches writers, editors, and photographers have taken to craft their portraits is a testament to how her career has both inspired and provoked".[4] On the report of Eric Weisbard "only Madonna books proliferated" compared to her other contemporary fellows from the 1980s.[5] Evelyn Briceno from La Tercera described her as a character worthy of biographies, photo books and various analyses.[6]
Works on Madonna | |
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Books in English | 65 |
Non-English books | 20 |
Essays and other works | 9 |
According to critic Paul Northup who wrote in Third Way magazine, "eminent authors and academics have pored over her tirelessly since she burst onto the pop scene in the early Eighties."[7] The continual interest by many writers towards Madonna was expressed by Rodrigo Fresán in 2008: "and the years go by and life changes but something remains constant: one continues to write about Madonna",[8] while J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote in 2018, "I have never stopped writing about Madonna since that day I first met her thirty-five years ago".[9] The literature about Madonna is "extensive" according to associate professor Robert Miklitsch of Ohio University,[10] and Stephen Brown from University of Ulster described "is almost mind-boggling in its abundance".[11] Pamela Church Gibson from University of the Arts London realized it saying in Fashion and Celebrity Culture (2013), "there is a veritable library of literature available" on Madonna.[12]
Biographies released about the singer include Madonna: An Intimate Biography (2002) by Taraborrelli, Madonna (2001) by Andrew Morton, Madonna: Like an Icon (2007) by Lucy O'Brien, Madonnaland (2016) by Alina Simone, Life with My Sister Madonna (2008) by her brother Christopher Ciccone and Madonna: Bawdy and Soul (1997) by Karlene Faith. Morton's biography was criticized by Madonna herself and she was also against the release of Ciccone's book, which ultimately led to a rift between the siblings.[13]
Books written in English
1980s
Book title | Year | Author(s) | Publisher | Pages | Identifiers | Notes | Ref(s). |
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Madonna: Lucky Star | 1985 | Michael Mackenzie | Olympic Marketing Corp | 94 | ISBN 978-0-809-25233-6 | The biography concentrated on Madonna's childhood. | [14] |
Madonna | 1985 | Philip Kamin | Hal Leonard Corporation | 48 | ISBN 978-0-863-59283-6 | A photography book containing images from Madonna's tour. | [15] |
Madonna! | 1985 | Mark Bego | Pinnacle Books | 189 | ISBN 978-0-523-42576-4 OCLC 12155379 |
Bego talks about Madonna's life in Detroit and New York City. | [16] [17] |
Madonna | 1985 | Anton Rush | Anabas Books | 28 | ISBN 978-1-850-99011-6 | A board book containing Madonna's biography in words and pictures. | [18] |
Holiday with Madonna | 1985 | Gordon Matthews | Simon & Schuster | 63 | ISBN 978-0-671-60375-5 | Matthews analyzed Madonna as a new singer in the music business. | [19] |
Madonna | 1986 | Keith Elliot Greenberg | Lerner Publishing Group | 40 | ISBN 978-0-822-51606-4 | Talks about how Madonna achieved fame and her appearances in music videos and films. | [20] |
Madonna: An Illustrated Biography | 1988 | Debbi Voller | Omnibus Press | 96 | ISBN 978-0-711-91466-7 OCLC 26299920 |
Analyzes Madonna's early fashion style. Another version was released in 1992. | [21] |
Madonna: The Biography | 1989 | Robert Matthew-Walker | Pan Books | 160 | ISBN 978-0-330-31482-4 OCLC 26313419 |
Biography which also includes the singer's business acumen and her marriage to actor Sean Penn. | [22] |
1990s
Book title | Year | Author(s) | Publisher | Pages | Identifiers | Notes | Ref(s). |
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Madonna in Her Own Words | 1990 | Mick St. Michael | Omnibus Press | 128 | ISBN 978-0-711-92139-9 OCLC 231428597 |
Contains direct quotes from the singer about her career. A German version was released in 1991 by Goldmann publishers, titled Madonna: Selbstbekenntnisse. There were two other version released, one in 1999 and another in 2004. | [23] |
Madonna | 1991 | Marie Cahill | Gallery Books | 96 | ISBN 978-0-831-75705-2 OCLC 51354378 |
Chronicles Madonna's music and film career, her marriage to Penn and her concert tours. Another version was released in 1992 through Omnibus Press, and in 1993 a Spanish version was released, translated by Silvia Rodríguez Díaz. | [24] |
Madonna: Unauthorized | 1991 | Christopher Andersen | Simon & Schuster | 350 | ISBN 978-0-671-73532-6 OCLC 1036695644 |
Includes commentary from Madonna's family, friends, former lovers, and associates. Two other versions include a Danish one (1991) and reprinted one (1992). | [25] |
Like a Virgin: Madonna Revealed | 1991 | Douglas Thompson | Blake Publishing | 240 | ISBN 978-1-856-85009-4 OCLC 243771799 |
Detailed information about the singer's personal relationships. Another version was released in 1992 with the name Madonna Revealed: The Unauthorized Biography. | [26] |
Madonna Superstar: Photographs | 1991 | Karl Lagerfeld | W. W. Norton & Company | 93 | ISBN 978-0-393-30766-5 OCLC 317360827 |
Photography book about Madonna's career from her first album to the end of 1987. | [27] |
Madonna: Her Complete Story An Unauthorized Biography | 1991 | David James | Publications International Ltd. | 80 | ISBN 978-0-451-82246-8 OCLC 24634651 |
Includes numerous unseen photographs. | [28] |
Madonna: The Book | 1992 | Norman King | William Morrow and Company | 256 | ISBN 978-0-688-11916-4 OCLC 236051812 |
Contains direct quotes about Madonna from academics. | [29] |
The Madonna Scrapbook | 1992 | Lee Randall | Carol Publishing Group | 220 | ISBN 978-0-806-51297-6 OCLC 471015357 |
A scrapbook with the singer's concert pictures, album and magazine covers and spreads. | [30] |
Madonna Illustrated | 1992 | Tim Riley | Hyperion Books | 112 | ISBN 978-1-562-82983-4 OCLC 25832167 |
Features more than 100 photographs with anecdotes by the author. | [31] |
Madonna: The Style Book | 1992 | Debbie Voller | Omnibus Press | 94 | ISBN 978-0-711-92771-1 OCLC 877696147 |
Analysis of Madonna's fashion from her early career to more sophisticated clothing. A new edition was released in 1999 covering till the Ray of Light album era styles. | [23] [32] |
Madonna: Blonde Ambition | 1992 | Mark Bego | Harmony Books | 308 | ISBN 978-0-517-58242-8 OCLC 1036676119 |
Bego conducted personal interview with the singer and her close friends for the book. American academic and social critic Camille Paglia called it the "strongest of several [Madonna] biographies" in her book, Vamps and Tramps. | [17] [33] |
The Madonna Connection | 1993 | Cathy Schwichtenberg | Westview Press | 352 | ISBN 978-0-813-31396-2 | Compilation of essays about Madonna. | [34] |
Madonnarama: Essays on Sex and Popular Culture | 1993 | Lisa Frank Paul Smith |
Cleis Press | 200 | ISBN 978-0-939-41671-4 | Margot Mifflin from Entertainment Weekly gave a positive review, saying that "with only minimal self-indulgence, Madonnarama smartly unravels [the singer's] tangled politics". | [35] |
Desperately Seeking Madonna: In Search of the Meaning of the World's Most Famous Woman | 1993 | Adam Sexton | Delta Publishing Inc | 316 | ISBN 978-0-385-30688-1 OCLC 843023870 |
Talks about Madonna's cultural impact and received positive review in Publishers Weekly. | [36] |
Madonna: The Early Days | 1993 | Michael MacKenzie | Worldwide Televideo Enterprise | 95 | ISBN 978-0-963-85193-2 OCLC 30361607 |
Picture book with 65 photographs of Madonna and her friends from her early days. | [37] |
I Dream of Madonna: Women's Dreams of the Goddess of Pop | 1993 | Kay Turner | HarperCollins | 127 | ISBN 978-0-002-55257-8 OCLC 679573080 |
Turner collected the dreams of 50 women about Madonna, accompanied by color collages. The book was described by Publishers Weekly as a Dada art project. | [38] |
Madonna Speaks | 1993 | Mike Fleiss | Tribune Publishers | 122 | ISBN 978-0-941-26383-2 OCLC 29211009 |
Book of Madonna quotations. | [39] |
Madonna Megastar: Photographs 1988–1993 | 1994 | Camille Paglia | Schirmer Books | 136 | ISBN 978-3-888-14194-2 OCLC 69107469 |
Picture book with anecdotes by Paglia. | [40] |
Encyclopedia Madonnica | 1995 | Matthew Rettenmund | St. Martin's Griffin | 207 | ISBN 978-0-312-11782-5 OCLC 925163745 |
Compilation structured like an encyclopedia and touches every aspect of Madonna's life, from her music career to personal relationships, film roles and books. An updated version was released in 2015. | [41] |
Material Girls: Making Sense of Feminist Cultural Theory | 1995 | Suzanna Danuta Walters | University of California Press | 221 | ISBN 978-0-520-08978-5 OCLC 248867895 |
Focuses on Madonna, Murphy Brown and Thelma & Louise, with numerous case studies. | [42] |
Madonna: Her Story | 1996 | Michael MacKenzie | Music Sales Group | 96 | ISBN 978-0-711-91181-9 OCLC 242525360 |
The book starts with MacKenzie's favorite memory of Madonna. | [37] |
Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna | 1996 | Pamela Robertson | Duke University Press | 208 | ISBN 978-0-822-31748-7 OCLC 1022823955 |
Theoretical discussion of female performance and spectatorship. | [43] |
Madonna: Bawdy and Soul | 1997 | Karlene Faith | University of Toronto Press | 226 | ISBN 978-0-802-08063-9 OCLC 1011440319 |
Analysis of Madonna from a feminist perspective. | [44] |
Madonna: The Ultimate Compendium of Interviews, Articles, Facts and Opinions From the Files of Rolling Stone | 1997 | Barbara O'Dair | Hyperion Books | 272 | ISBN 978-0-786-88154-3 OCLC 906726278 |
Collection of articles till the release of Evita (1996). | [45] [46] |
The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna | 1998 | Rikky Rooksby | Omnibus Press | 130 | ISBN 978-0-711-96311-5 OCLC 473178131 |
The author analyzed every recorded song in Madonna's catalog. An updated edition was released in 2004. | [47] |
The Madonna Companion: Two Decades of Commentary | 1999 | Allan Metz Carol Benson |
Schirmer Books | 312 | ISBN 978-0-028-64972-6 OCLC 924775066 |
A collection of journalistic and academic writing on the singer. | [48] |
2000s
Book title | Year | Author(s) | Publisher | Pages | Identifiers | Notes | Ref(s). |
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Madonna: An Intimate Biography | 2001 | J. Randy Taraborrelli | Simon & Schuster | 416 | ISBN 978-1-416-58346-2 OCLC 1036701525 |
The book received positive reviews from The Birmingham Post and London Evening Standard. There were other versions released in 2002, 2007, 2008 and 2018. | [49] [50] [51] |
Goddess: Inside Madonna | 2001 | Barbara Victor | HarperCollins | 432 | ISBN 978-0-060-19930-2 OCLC 50446330 |
Victor traveled to places inhabited by Madonna and interviewed the singer's close relatives, family members, friends and associates. | [52] [53] |
Madonna: Queen of the World | 2001 | Douglas Thompson | John Blake Publishing | 290 | ISBN 978-1-904-03410-0 OCLC 473057768 |
Thompson interviewed Madonna's school friends and wrote about the singer's relationship with her father. | [54] |
Maximum Madonna: The Unauthorized Biography of Madonna | 2001 | Tim Footman | Chrome Dreams | 8 | ISBN 978-1-842-40012-8 OCLC 43669528 |
The audiobook was recorded at Echo Base, New Malden, Surrey and read by Laurel Lyko. | [55] |
Madonna | 2002 | Andrew Morton | St. Martin's Press | 256 | ISBN 978-1-854-79432-1 OCLC 49043729 |
Detailed about Madonna's ambitions, her relationships and her lifestyle. The author interviewed about 70 people who had known Madonna since her youth. The singer was critical of Morton contacting people about her life. | [56] [57] [58] |
Madonna as Postmodern Myth | 2002 | Georges Claude Guilbert | McFarland & Company | 264 | ISBN 978-0-786-41408-6 OCLC 907004351 |
Analysis of Madonna's cultural significance and the way she formed her fanbase throughout the world. | [59] [60] |
Madonna Style | 2002 | Carol Clerk | Music Sales Group | 175 | ISBN 978-0-711-98874-3 OCLC 882730611 |
Included Madonna's most memorable moments, her sexuality exploration, her struggles with Catholicism and her concept of motherhood. | [61] |
Madonna in Art | 2004 | Mem Mehmet | Chaucer Press | 192 | ISBN 978-1-904-95700-3 OCLC 474920267 |
Pictures of the singer in art form by over a hundred artists, including Andrew Logan, Sebastian Krüger, Al Hirschfeld, and Peter Howson. | [62] |
Madonna's Drowned Worlds: New Approaches to Her Cultural Transformations | 2004 | Santiago Fouz-Hernández Freya Jarman-Ivens |
Ashgate Publishing | 223 | ISBN 978-0-754-63372-3 OCLC 999614528 |
Analysis of different topics like sexuality, ethnicity and celebrity culture through Madonna's work. | [63] |
Madonna: Inspirations | 2005 | Essential Works | Andrews McMeel Publishing | 160 | ISBN 978-0-825-67289-7 OCLC 941231650 |
Madonna's quotes and explanations about her work. | [64] |
Madonna: A Biography | 2007 | Mary Cross | Greenwood Publishing Group | 152 | ISBN 978-0-313-33811-3 OCLC 77575080 |
The biography was described by the New York Post as a "short, concise account" of Madonna. | [65] |
Madonna: Like an Icon | 2007 | Lucy O'Brien | Bantam Press | 432 | ISBN 978-0-060-89899-1 OCLC 226112145 |
Author gave detailed analysis of the singer's music, complete with interviews she conducted with the musicians and producers who had collaborated with Madonna on her albums. | [66] |
Madonna: Express Yourself | 2007 | Carol Gnojewski | Enslow Publishers | 160 | ISBN 978-0-766-02442-7 OCLC 71005751 |
The book concentrated on Madonna's early life prior to arriving in New York. | [67] |
A Girl Called Madonna | 2007 | Peter Robinson | The Friday Project Limited | 48 | ISBN 978-1-905-54881-1 OCLC 155689066 |
Biography told through cartoons illustrated by David Whittle. | [68] |
From Mae to Madonna: Women Entertainers in Twentieth-Century America | 2008 | June Sochen | University Press of Kentucky | 256 | ISBN 978-0-813-19199-7 OCLC 901100306 |
Author examined the historical impact of women in the entertainment industry and American culture, including mythological figures like Eve, Mary or Lillith. | [69] |
Life with My Sister Madonna | 2008 | Christopher Ciccone | Simon Spotlight Entertainment | 352 | ISBN 978-1-416-58762-0 OCLC 883801605 |
Biography by Madonna's brother, based on his life, growing up and working with his sister. It received negative reviews, with The Guardian calling it a "misery memoir". | [70] |
Madonna v Guy: The Inside Story of the Most Sensational Divorce in Showbiz | 2009 | Douglas Thompson | John Blake Publishing | 288 | ISBN 978-1-844-54791-3 OCLC 424607623 |
Chronicled Madonna's life with her second husband Guy Ritchie after they were married in 2000, till the circumstances that led to their divorce in 2008. | [54] |
2010s
Book title | Year | Author(s) | Publisher | Pages | Identifiers | Notes | Ref(s). |
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Madonna: Entertainer | 2010 | Hal Marcovitz | Chelsea House Publications | 125 | ISBN 978-1-604-13859-7 OCLC 908389425 |
Biographical account till the release of Madonna's third greatest hits, Celebration. | [71] |
Are You My Guru?: How Medicine, Meditation & Madonna Saved My Life | 2010 | Wendy Shanker | New American Library | 304 | ISBN 978-0-451-22994-6 OCLC 883359217 |
Author wrote about how she was afflicted with a rare autoimmune disease, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and how Madonna inspired her to not lose hope. | [72] |
Female Force: Madonna | 2011 | C.W. Cooke Fred Grivaud |
Bluewater Productions | 32 | ISBN 978-1-450-76678-4 OCLC 721823584 |
Comic book about Madonna's life. | [73] [74] |
Not About Madonna: My Little Pre-Icon Roommate and Other Memoirs | 2011 | Whit Hill | Heliotrope Books | 282 | ISBN 978-0-983-29400-9 OCLC 759406306 |
Much of the book dealt with personal memories of the author and his friendship with Madonna when they were students at the University of Michigan. | [75] |
Madonna and Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop | 2012 | Laura Barcella Jessica Valenti |
Soft Skull Press | 272 | ISBN 978-1-593-76429-6 OCLC 779828857 |
Talked about the singer's influence and impact on the lives of over 40 women, and her role in the feminist movement. | [76] |
My Madonna: My Intimate Friendship with the Blue Eyed Girl on her Arrival in New York | 2012 | Norris W. Burroughs | Whimsy Literary Agency LLC | 124 | ISBN 978-0-988-41360-3 OCLC 920474568 |
Memoir about the author's relationship with Madonna when the latter was a 19 year old dancer living in New York City. | [77] |
Madonna: Biography of the World's Greatest Pop Singer | 2012 | Karen Lac | Hyperion Books | 28 | ISBN 978-1-614-64619-8 OCLC 968100386 |
Began with Madonna's response to a question by Dick Clark in 1984, to which the singer said she wanted to "rule the world". The biography expands on how Madonna achieved that statement. | [78] |
Cherish: Madonna, Like an Icon | 2013 | David Foy | Ivy Press | 160 | ISBN 978-1-908-00567-0 OCLC 938134877 |
A collection of more than 150 photographs. | [79] |
FAME: Madonna: A Graphic Novel | 2013 | C.W. Cooke | Bluewater Productions | 40 | ISBN 978-1-467-50268-9 OCLC 939614885 |
The release was part of the "Fame" comic book series. | [80] |
Madonna: Ambition. Music. Style | 2014 | Caroline Sullivan | Carlton Publishing Group | 256 | ISBN 978-1-780-97563-4 OCLC 883870187 |
Chronicled Madonna's career highs documented through images, and was released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the singer's second studio album, Like a Virgin. | [81] |
The Mammoth Book of Madonna | 2015 | Michelle Morgan | Running Press Adult | 512 | ISBN 978-0-762-45621-5 OCLC 1023242304 |
Interviews, reviews and commentary about Madonna. | [82] |
Madonnaland | 2016 | Alina Simone | University of Texas Press | 138 | ISBN 978-0-292-75946-6 OCLC 990816619 |
Biographical account of the singer and the author's analysis of music and pop culture. | [83] [84] |
Madonna: Nudes + | 2017 | Martin H. M. Schreiber | ACC Publishing Group | 80 | ISBN 978-1-851-49849-9 OCLC 988944134 |
Schreiber's nude images of Madonna had become famous when they were published in Playboy magazine in 1985. The book included unpublished images by him. | [85] [86] |
The Madonna of Bolton | 2018 | Matt Cain | United Authors Publishing Ltd | 416 | ISBN 978-1-783-52618-5 OCLC 1013942370 |
Cain accumulated money for publishing the book through crowdfunding campaigns. The story follows protagonist Charlie Matthews, who falls in love with Madonna on his ninth birthday. | [87] [88] |
2020s
Book title | Year | Author(s) | Publisher | Pages | Identifiers | Notes | Ref(s). |
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Madonna: A Rebel Life | 2023 | Mary Gabriel | Little, Brown & Company | 880 | ISBN 978-0-316-45647-0 OCLC 1401055687 |
Detailed biography. | [89] |
Non-English books
Book title | Year | Author(s) | Publisher | Language | Pages | Identifiers | Notes | Ref(s). |
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Lady Madonna | 1986 | Guy Abitan Danièle Abitan |
Corlet | French | 66 | ISBN 978-2-864-18290-0 OCLC 469376599 |
— | [90] |
Madonna | 1987 | Julia Edenhofer | Bastei Lübbe | German | 204 | ISBN 978-3-404-61113-3 OCLC 74953215 |
Explores her life and Madonna's re-invention of her image. | [91] |
Popdossier Madonna | 1987 | Alfred Bos Tom Engelshoven Stan Rijven |
Loeb Uitgevers | Dutch | 143 | ISBN 978-9-062-13730-5 OCLC 64714088 |
— | [92] |
Madonna | 1989 | Elia Perboni | Targa Italiana Editore | Italian | 163 | ISBN 978-8-871-11026-4 OCLC 23120568 |
Focused on criticism of Madonna's music. | [93] |
Das Madonna Phänomen | 1993 | Diedrich Diederichsen | KleinVerlag | German | 117 | ISBN 978-3-922-93009-9 OCLC 243734860 |
Focused on public opinion and popularity of the singer. | [94] |
Madonna | 1993 | Leo Tassoni | Icaria Editorial | Spanish | 159 | ISBN 978-8-474-26207-0 OCLC 806506635 |
— | [95] |
Nainen populaarikulttuurissa: Madonna ja The immaculate collection | 1994 | Tuija Modinos | University of Jyväskylä | Finnish | 124 | ISBN 978-9-513-40277-8 OCLC 58126204 |
Criticism of Madonna and other women in popular culture. | [96] |
Madonna, érotisme et pouvoir | 1994 | Michel Dion Jean Baudrillard |
Éditions Kimé | French | 132 | ISBN 978-2-908-21294-5 OCLC 655141044 |
Authors focused on sex in popular culture and Madonna's influence. | [97] |
Madonnabilder: dekonstruktive Ästhetik in den Videobildern Madonnas | 1995 | Nicoläa Grigat | Peter Lang | German | 120 | ISBN 978-3-631-49074-7 OCLC 908128209 |
Talked about the singer's influences and aesthetics. | [98] |
Madonna: The Lady | 1997 | Lee McLaren Virginie Gravier Olivier Ragasol-Barbey |
Éditions du Félin | French | 249 | ISBN 978-2-866-45267-4 OCLC 41132561 |
Relegated Madonna as a revolutionary and her complex personality. | [99] |
Madonna: de vele gezichten van een popster | 1999 | Hannah Bosma Patricia Pisters |
Prometheus Global Media | Dutch | 204 | ISBN 978-9-053-33699-1 OCLC 237360096 |
Focused on the singer as a feminist. | [100] |
Madonna: de stem van een generatie | 2001 | Kurt Jaspers Gust de Meyer Dirk Timmerman |
Garant | Dutch | 103 | ISBN 978-9-044-11176-7 OCLC 902236056 |
Discussion about Madonna's cultural significance. | [101] |
Madonna | 2005 | Anne Bleuzen | K&B | French | 144 | ISBN 978-2-915-95703-7 OCLC 469946259 |
Included photos taken by Helmut Newton, Wayne Maser and Peter Lindbergh. | [102] |
Madonna: L'icône de la Pop | 2006 | Arnaud Babion-Collet | Éditions de la Lagune | French | 192 | ISBN 978-2-849-69011-6 OCLC 76949595 |
Author interviewed people who had worked with Madonna. | [103] |
Madonna | 2006 | Gianluigi Valerio | Coniglio Editore | Italian | 145 | ISBN 978-8-888-83398-9 OCLC 955589975 |
Book on Madonna's discography. | [104] |
Madonna on stage | 2007 | Frédéric Gillotteau | Editions Why not | French | 287 | ISBN 978-2-916-61106-8 OCLC 495362866 |
Included images of Madonna's concerts attended by the author. | [105] |
Madonna und wir : Bekenntnisse | 2008 | Kerstin Grether Sandra Grether |
Suhrkamp Verlag | German | 399 | ISBN 978-3-518-45992-8 OCLC 236327134 |
— | [106] |
Madonna absolument! | 2008 | Erwan Chuberre | Alphée-J.-P | French | 234 | ISBN 978-2-753-80293-3 OCLC 227153304 |
Detailed about the singer's impact on different genres of music. | [107] |
Mad for Madonna. La regina del pop | 2011 | Francesco Falconi | Castelvecchi | Italian | 115 | ISBN 978-8-876-15550-5 OCLC 734056262 |
Author analyzed how Madonna had stayed contemporary in the music business through her image re-inventions. | [108] |
Madonah Ha-obesesiah Ha-Homo'it Ha-gedola Mi-Kulan | 2019 | Doron braunshtein | Lev Books | Hebrew | 35 | OCLC 1099908899 | — | [109] |
Essays and other works
Book title | Year | Author(s) | Publisher | Pages | Identifiers | Notes | Ref(s). |
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Buscando a Madonna | 1987 | Enrique Medina | Editores Milton | 200 | ISBN 978-9-506-33007-1 | A novel about a girl named Lucy, who dreamt of being like Madonna. | [110] |
The I Hate Madonna Handbook | 1994 | Ilene Rosenzweig | St. Martin's Press | 210 | ISBN 978-0-312-10481-8 | Chronicled every negative aspect of Madonna's career. It was described by Rene Rosenzweig from People as "amusing". | [111] |
You Don't Know Madonna | 2002 | Jennifer Egan | Q | — | ISSN 0955-4955 issue 197 |
An essay of author's perception about Madonna that appeared in Q magazine, issue on December 15, 2002. | [112] |
Entrepreneurs on a dancefloor | 2006 | Jamie Anderson Martin Kupp |
Business Strategy Review | 28–31 | ISSN 1467-8616 | An investigation about Madonna's enduring success since the perspective of strategic management, marketing and business. | [113] |
Madonna: Icon of Postmodernity | 2008 | Jock McGregor | L'Abri | 1–8 | ISSN 0836-0219 | An essay of author's perception about Madonna since a Christian perspective. | [114] |
The Neuroscience of Madonna's Enduring Success | 2008 | Christopher Bergland | Psychology Today | — | ISSN 0033-3107 | An article by Christopher Bergland which analyzed Madonna's enduring success since the perspective of neuroscience. | [115] |
Madonna: Who's That Girl | 2010 | Rodrigo Fresán | RIL Editores | 343 | ISBN 978-9-562-84782-7 OCLC 888244759 |
Essay compiled in the book Domadores de Historias. Conversaciones con grandes cronistas de América Latina. It spoke about Madonna being a classic symbol of Made in USA. | [116] |
Madonna's "Isaac"/Madonna's Akeda—A lesson for scholars, old and young | 2015 | David Blumenthal | The Immanent Frame | — | OCLC 1011401653 | An essay online in which David Blumenthal discuss Madonna's song "Isaac" from her album Confessions on a Dance Floor. | [117] |
Justify Madonna? Star, fans et genre | 2017 | François Ribac | Téraèdre (HAL) | 1–12 | HAL 01672690 | An article that analyzes Madonna and her fandom. | [118] |
Notes
- The list does not contain works where Madonna is the secondary theme. Hence books like Strategies for Theory: From Marx to Madonna (2003), Something in the Way She Moves: Dancing Women from Salome to Madonna (2004) and A World Made Sexy: Freud to Madonna (2007) are not included in this list. It also excludes books which mention Madonna without making her the main subject, or reference works which only list her records.
- Multiple editions of the same release by an author are noted with the different catalogue number in the adjoining reference against the table entry.
References
Citations
- Hall & Hall 2010, pp. 445–446
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- Hammer & Kellner 2009, p. 321
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