Kitsch in Sync: A Consumer's Guide to Bad Taste

by Peter Ward

Book Overview

Ever since the arbiters of taste first took their mothers' flying ducks off the walls of their suburban semis and displayed them proudly alongside their Bauhaus furniture, or chuckled knowingly at the musical toilet rolls in each other's bathroom, kitsch has become part of the style-setter's anti-style. Peter Ward explores the global culture of kitsch and charts a course through the shallowest waters of trivial bad taste that encompasses all aspects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859651525
• ISBN13: 9780859651523
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious, and beautifully written.

I recommend this book to all people with a sense of humor. It isn't a dry sociological document. The author takes great pleasure in writing about the subject and manages to be tongue in cheek without sounding elitist. A little good kitsch is good for you!