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Since the beginning of her career, American artist Madonna has had a social-cultural impact on the world through her recordings, attitude, clothing and lifestyle. Called the "Queen of Pop", Madonna is labeled by international authors as the greatest woman in music, as well as the most influential and iconic female recording artist of all time. Accepted as a global cultural icon, Madonna has built a legacy that goes beyond music and has been studied by sociologists, historians and other social scientists.〔 Her impact is often compared with that of The Beatles and Elvis Presley; they are the best selling acts of all time in the general, solo male and female category respectively. Madonna is a key figure in popular music; critics have retrospectively credited her presence, success and contributions with paving the way for every female artist and changing forever the music scene for women in the music history, as well as for today's pop stars. Even reviews of her work have served as a roadmap for scrutinizing women at each stage in their music career. Although Madonna has used cultural appropriation, her contribution has only increased the introduction and popularization of these cultures to a worldwide mainstream audience. She is the first multimedia pop icon in history and professionals agree that Madonna has become the world's biggest and most socially significant pop icon, as well as the most controversial. However, some intellectuals, like the Frenchman Georges Claude Guilbert, felt that she has greater cultural importance, like a myth, that has apparent universality and timelessness. References to Madonna in popular culture are found in the arts, food, science and each branch of entertainment. In a general sense, journalist Peter Robinson noted that "Madonna invented contemporary pop fame so there is a little bit of her in the DNA of every modern pop thing."〔 However, she is not only an omnipresent figure, but also a polarizing one. During her career, Madonna attracted contradictory cultural social attention from family organizations, feminist "anti-porn" and religious groups worldwide with boycott and protests. Although this attracted unprecedented world media level, the reviews have been negative, resulting sometimes in censorships. == Cultural and social impact == Madonna has been described a "omnipresent" character and one of the most recognizable names and faces in the world.〔 Tetzlaff felt that "the power of the omnipresent Madonna has to do with hyperreality, but an infinite accumulation of simulacra, an overabundance of information". Journalist Quico Alsedo from ''El Mundo'' in Spain felt that Madonna has build a nation, landless but densely populated. Music critic T. Cole Rachel, stated in 2015, that "there’s an approximate 100% probability that any living human over the age of, say, 25 has some sort of specific Madonna-related memory... Even if you aren’t a super fan—or even a fan at all—there’s no escaping Madonna. She is everywhere." In his book ''Madonna As Postmodern Myth'' (2002) French academic Georges Claude Guilbert explain how Madonna reflects today's society, while William Langley from ''The Daily Telegraph'' felt that "Madonna has changed the world's social history, has done more things as more different people than anyone else is ever likely to." American poet Jane Miller compared her functions as an archetype directly inside contemporary culture with the Black Madonna. Professor John R. May concluded that Madonna is a contemporary "gesamtkunstwerk", and academic Sergio Fajardo labeled as "a very powerful symbol". Scholar Belén González Morales of the Autonomous University of Barcelona commented that "'the infinite dissection' of Madonna is like a body paradigmatic of the global age that emanating a tremendous amount of meanings ... Madonna has been become an cultural artifact. Strawberry Saroyan stated that she's a storyteller, a cultural pioneer, and the important thing is her message. "And all of those things have been brilliantly of a piece. Madonna's ability to take her message beyond music and impact women's lives has been her legacy". Authors noted that Madonna has proved a master in the cultural appropriation.〔 Also considered her "a barometer of culture that directs the attention to cultural shifts, struggles and changes."〔 American Library Association when reviewing ''Desperately Seeking Madonna: In Search of the Meaning of the World's Most Famous Woman'', book of music journalist Adam Sexton commented: "love her or hate her, Madonna is an inescapable figure in the contemporary cultural landscape". Musicologist Susan McClary suggests that Madonna is engaged in rewriting some very fundamental levels of Western thought. One academic from Lehigh University, expressed that she stands behind all people and helps them fight against being ostracized in society.〔 Contribuitor from company Spin Media felt that "Madonna has changed society through her fiery ambition and unwillingness to compromise".〔 Professor Karlene Faith accerted Madonna's peculiarity is that she has cruised so freely through so many cultural terrains. She has been a 'cult' figure within self-propelling subcultures just as she became a major". She also concluded that as fans, moral critics, media journalists, or university scholars, we mediate what Madonna means to our society.〔 In general, academic radicals turned Madonna into the "cottage industry", most notable in the 1990s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cultural impact of Madonna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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