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En treinta años de carrera, entre giras mundiales, sencillos exitosos, películas y libros, Madonna no ha pasado jamás inobservada. Desde el lejano 1982, ha capturado la atención de miles de muchachitas que imitaban su imagen provocadora, entonaban sus canciones y la transformaban poco a poco en icono del feminismo y de la libertad sexual y de expresión. Madonna, contra todo pronóstico, ha atravesado las décadas viviendo en total simbiosis con...
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The Celluloid Madonna is the first book to analyze the life of the Virgin Mary on screen from the silent era through to the present. For decades, Mary has caught the imagination of filmmakers from a range of religious backgrounds, whether Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Marxist, or atheist, and film's intersection of theology and secular culture has inspired some of the most singular and controversial visions of this icon in cinema history. Focusing...
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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A lurid tale of sex and psychosis is among the wildest of the Gainsborough melodramas. Set in Italy, it begins as a comparatively sedate tale about a respectable, convent-raises woman who is haunted by the memory of being raped as a teenager. But when her grown daughter returns from school, her life begins to unravel in monumentally surprising ways.
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The figure of the Virgin Mary comes loaded with baggage and preconceptions. She is usually depicted as the perfect, obedient, and highly esteemed woman, much like the Victorian notion of the "angel in the house." For many black women, nothing could be more inaccessible. This book considers the relationship between African American women and Mary of Nazareth. After examining the history of black American motherhood during slavery and beyond, this book...
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Documentary which presents an intimate view of the rock music star, Madonna and a backstage look at her "Blond Ambition" tour. From her stage show to her boudoir, this film reveals her as she really is ... outrageous, hilarious, uninhibited.
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