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5.0 out of 5 stars
"Cursileria" a valuable guide to hispanic cultural production,
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This review is from: The Culture of Cursileria: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain (Paperback)
Valis's book presents "lo cursi" (pretentious bad taste) as a changing mode that over time involves a vast range of socio-economic groups. The text explores poetry and emotion, the experience of reading, the hidden political aspects of theater (and the theater of politics), the changes in Spain over the past 150 years. The idea of "cursileria" is a crucial one, too, for understanding modernity not just in Spain but in Latin America and, by extension, the Latino United States. The writing is clear, well-documented, with a wealth of examples and critical readings involving a really extensive range of cultural production.
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The Culture of Cursileria: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain by Noël Maureen Valis (Hardcover - December 26, 2002)
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