{"product_id":"madonnas-erotica-9781501388996","title":"Madonnas Erotica","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone wanted Madonna's 1992 album \u003ci\u003eErotica\u003c\/i\u003e to be a scandal. In the midst of a culture war, conservatives wanted it to be proof of the decline of family values. The target of conservative loathing, gay men reeling from the AIDS epidemic wanted it to be a celebration of a sexual culture that had rapidly slipped away. And Madonna herself wanted to sell scandal, which is why she released \u003ci\u003eErotica \u003c\/i\u003ein the same season as her erotic thriller \u003ci\u003eBody of Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e and her pornographic coffee-table book simply titled \u003ci\u003eSex\u003c\/i\u003e. But \u003ci\u003eErotica \u003c\/i\u003eis more sentimental than pornographic. This ambivalence over sex is what makes the album crucial both for understanding its time and for navigating culture a generation later. As queer politics were transitioning from sexual liberation to civil rights like same-sex marriage, Madonna tried to do both. Her songs proved formative for works of queer theory, which emerged in the academy at the same time as the album. And \u003ci\u003eErotica \u003c\/i\u003ewasa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1. Sex\/Erotica 2. Subculture\/Pop Culture 3. Madonna\/Whore","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867344220503,"sku":"9781501388996","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501388996.jpg?v=1722282890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/madonnas-erotica-9781501388996","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}