The field is commonly called Madonna studies, and that phrase popped up in the late-1980s according to writer Maura Johnston. Although numerous academics like See more

The Madonna studies saw its developments mostly at academic conferences, journals, courses, seminars, theses and See more

The Madonna studies divided the academic world. In this line, Spanish sociologist María Ángeles Durán held that Madonna has been the subject of numerous and diverse studies but "provoking a great controversy of opinions". Charles … See more

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Literary scholar Luis Cárcamo-Huechante from Harvard University puts the origins of the Madonna … See more

The Madonna studies is an interdisciplinary field of cultural studies, as well media and communication studies. Professors Andy Bennett (Griffith University) and Steve … See more

"Madonna scholars" was the name given to the academics working on Madonna, but other appellative was "Madonnologists". According to French academic See more

In Materialisations of a Woman Writer (2006), Swedish author Maria Wikse from Stockholm University commented "Madonna is no longer in the academic limelight", but stated … See more