Tracing her ambitious journey from a Midwest upbringing to achieving fame on a global scale, this biography highlights Madonna's many incarnations-from Material Girl to queen of the disco floor.
Mary Cross is the author of A Century of American Icons: 100 Products and Slogans from the 20th-Century Consumer Culture (Oryx, 2002). She is also the editor of Advertising and Culture: Theoretical Perspectives (Praeger, 1996). She has taught at the University of Delaware, the City University of New York, and Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she was chair of the English Department. She is a former advertising copywriter.
Madonna once said that: You'll never know the real me. The editor
of scholarly works on American culture sheds light on the maverick
entertainer's many roles to date (including bad girl, material
girl, movie star, trailer park feminist, a marketing genius, and
mother). In a series intended for high school students, the
biography includes photos; a timeline of events in Madonna's life;
and list of her music, videos, films, and plays.
*Reference & Research Book News*
[A] fast, accurate and concise biography written by Mary Cross.
Just the facts, ma'am, and not too much overanalyzing.
*New York Post*
The latest book about Madonna is the first biography of the singer
to be written by a woman….Her latest work has a timeline of the
life of Madonna Louise Ciccione of Bay City, Mich., from her birth
to the adoption of a son in Malawi this year.
*Key West Citizen*
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