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Author Dorfles, Gillo, 1910-2018 author.

Title Kitsch : the world of bad taste / Gillo Dorfles ; with special contributions by John McHale, Karl Pawek, Ludwig Giesz, Lotte H. Eisner, Ugo Volli, Vittorio Gregotti, Aleksa elebonovi and essays by Clement Greenberg and Hermann Broch ; [editorial assistance on the English language edition by Vivienne Menkes.]

Publication Info. [New York] : Universe Books, [1970]
©1969

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  709.04013 D732k 1970    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 313 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Translation of Il Kitsch.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304) and index.
Contents Kitsch -- Myth and kitsch -- Notes on the problem of kitsch / Hermann Broch -- Monuments -- Transpositions -- The Betrothed and Co. -- Leonardo and India in Los Angeles -- The plastic parthenon / John McHale -- Politics -- The avant-garde and kitsch / Clement Greenberg -- Birth and the family -- Death -- Religious trappings -- Christian kitsch / Karl Pawek -- Tourism and nature -- Kitsch-man as tourist / Ludwig Giesz -- Advertising -- The film -- Kitsch in the cinema / Lotte H. Eisner -- Pornokitsch and morals -- Pornograpy and pronokitsch / Ugo Volli -- Styling and architecture -- Kitsch and architecture / Vittorio Gregotti -- Traditional kitsch -- Notes on traditional kitsch / Aleksa Celebonovic.
Subject Arts.
Aesthetics.
Aesthetics. (OCoLC)fst00798702
Arts. (OCoLC)fst00817721
Added Author McHale, John, writer of supplementary textual content.
Pawek, Karl, writer of supplementary textual content.
Giesz, Ludwig, 1916-1985 writer of supplementary textual content.
Eisner, Lotte H., writer of supplementary textual content.
Volli, Ugo, writer of supplementary textual content.
Gregotti, Vittorio, writer of supplementary textual content.
elebonovi, Aleksa, writer of supplementary textual content.
Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994 writer of supplementary textual content.
Broch, Hermann, writer of supplementary textual content.
Menkes, Vivian, editor.
ISBN 0876631065
9780876631065

 
    
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