Before revision: In the late-20th century, avant-garde academics labelled American singer Madonna , as the "personification of the postmodern" , with
After revision: In the late-20th century, avant-garde academics labelled American singer Madonna , as the "personification of the postmodern" as "the postmodern condition is characterized by fragmentation, de-differentiation, pastiche, retrospection and anti-foundationalism", which they argued Madonna embodied.