Frenchman scholar Georges-Claude Guilbert attributed her a greater cultural significance and proposed the singer as a postmodern myth.
In addition to becoming an icon in many of these fields, Madonna is commonly typified as an archetype, precursor or the most visible example in numerous concepts and themes, from both inside and outside the music industry and for which other authors coined idiomatic expressions or terms after Madonna noting her effects.Ĭalled a 'major ' historical figure'' by academic Camille Paglia, Madonna attained the status of a ' cultural icon' as was noted by cultural theorists or sociologists like Stuart Sim and Suzanna Danuta Walters. This contributed to the rise of the Madonna studies, an academic and critical response dedicated to her work and persona for which Madonna's semiotic and image was diversified in a wide-ranging of theoretical stripe from feminism to queer studies among others. Madonna has built a legacy that goes beyond music and has been studied by sociologists, historians and other social scientists. 1958) has had a social-cultural impact on the world through her recordings, attitude, clothing and lifestyle since her early career in the 1980s. An international array of intellectuals have noted the continued Madonna's cultural influence and legacy in the 20th and 21st centuries.Īmerican singer-songwriter Madonna (b.
Madonna, seen here on her Rebel Heart Tour (2015).
