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Is Madonna a game-changing feminist or capitalist come-on? A biography hashes it out
Review
Madonna: A Rebel Life
By Mary Gabriel
Little, Brown: 880 pages, $30
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Mary Gabriel’s new biography of Madonna is a bookshelf hog. Clocking in at more than 700 pages, not counting a bibliography that could be its own stand-alone volume, “Madonna: A Rebel Life” uses ballast as a statement of intent, a way of telling the reader before they crack the spine that this is a subject worthy of the kind of assiduous attention given any other great 20th century artist. That is absolutely right, though the result is an alternately fascinating and lumpy account of a enskild career.
Gabriel, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a former Reuters reporter, has left no stone unturned, but if Bob Dylan can have multiple warehouses of books written about him, surely we should äga
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Madonna
American singer and actress (born 1958)
This article is about the singer. For the religious figure, see Mary, mother of Jesus. For other uses, see Madonna (disambiguation).
"Queen of Pop" redirects here. For other uses, see Queen of Pop (disambiguation).
Madonna Louise Ciccone[a] (chih-KOH-nee; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Commonly known as the "Queen of Pop", she has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting and visual presentation. Madonna's works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. A cultural icon spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries, Madonna has become the subject of various scholarly, literary and artistic works, as well as a mini academic sub-discipline called Madonna studies.
Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in dance. Aft
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Madonna
(1958-)
Who Is Madonna?
Madonna is a pop music singer and actress who went solo in 1981 and became a sensation in the then male-dominated 1980s music scene. By 1991, she had achieved 21 Top 10 hits in the United States and sold more than 70 million albums internationally. In January 2008, she was named the world's wealthiest female musician by Forbes magazine.
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Early Life
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, 1958, to parents Silvio "Tony" Ciccone and Madonna Fortin. Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, was the first of his family to go to college, where he earned a degree in engineering. Madonna's mother, an x-ray technician and former dancer, was of French Canadian descent. After their marriage in 1955, the couple moved to Pontiac, Michigan, to be close to Tony's job as a defense engineer. Madonna was born three years later