The Changing Meaning of Kitsch -

The Changing Meaning of Kitsch

From Rejection to Acceptance

Max Ryynänen, Paco Barragán (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
XIII, 270 Seiten
2024 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-16634-1 (ISBN)
149,79 inkl. MwSt
This book inaugurates a new phase in kitsch studies. Kitsch, an aesthetic slur of the 19th and the 20th century, is increasingly considered a positive term and at the heart of today's society. Eleven distinguished authors from philosophy, cultural studies and the arts discuss a wide range of topics including beauty, fashion, kitsch in the context of mourning, bio-art, visual arts, architecture and political kitsch. In addition, the editors provide a concise theoretical introduction to the volume and the subject. The role of kitsch in contemporary culture and society is innovatively explored and the volume aims not to condemn but to accept and understand why kitsch has become acceptable today.

Max Ryynänen is Senior Lecturer of Theory of Visual Culture in Aalto University (Helsinki/Espoo)


Paco Barragán is an arts writer and curator and has earned an international PhD from the University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain

Kitsch: From Rejection to Acceptance: On the Changing Meaning of Kitsch in Today's Cultural Production (Introduction).- PART I: Kitsch and Life.- Kitsch in the Hypermodern Era.- Sailing the Seas of Cheese.- Kitsch in Relation to Loss.- Old Tricks for a New Dog: Toilet Humor, Politicized Kitsch and the Trump Presidency.- PART II: Kitsch and Culture.- Kitsch and Architecture.- From Fashion as Kitsch to Kitsch in Fashion: Redefining Beauty and Taste Today.- Digital Kitsch. Art and Kitsch in the Informational Milieu.- Kitsch, Beauty and Artistic Practice.- Biokitsch in Art: And the Survival of the Prettiest.- Epilogue: What Next? 

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XIII, 270 p. 5 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte Aesthetics • Beauty • Culture • High Art • Kitsch
ISBN-10 3-031-16634-5 / 3031166345
ISBN-13 978-3-031-16634-1 / 9783031166341
Zustand Neuware
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