Marilyn (1926-1962) vs. Madonna (1958)
In the article in the anthology, pp. 173-198 of the anthology, find keywords / concepts related to popular culture and postmodernism, and briefly explain their meaning.
Alternatively, you can comment on two of the following:
- What makes Madonna a postmodern icon?
- Construction of Madonna's hybrid appeal
- Examples of Madonna's employment of pastiche (often an exaggeration, with unabashed graphic explicitness, of what we saw before as "quotationalism")
- Examples of Madonna's acts resulting in "de-differentiation" (similar to our previous concept of hyper-ironism)
A couple of examples of Madonna's employment of pastiche are her use of Marilyn Monroe-inspired looks/poses in her "Material Girl" and her "Vogue" videos as well as her appropriation of Marlene Dietrich (wearing a tipically male outfit and playing into the ideas of androgyny/sexual ambiguity), also in the "Vogue" video.
ResponderEliminarMadonna has established herself as a postmodern icon by using her own body as Signifier; presenting herself as a hybrid, global fluid (she is present in all of the worlds media and has managed to move beyond the constraints of her native identity, thus appropriating many other features); her use of pastiche/collage not only of other artists work but of her own work, therefore introducing further levels of signification and; finally, her employment of de-differentiation, giving rise to new interpretations of her work/new iterations of themes already explored.