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December 20, 2022 | History
An edition of Kitsch: History, Theory, Practice (2013)

Kitsch

History, Theory, Practice

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Kitsch: the mere word evokes mental images of cutesy collectibles, treacly trinkets, sweetly sentimental scenes, thematically trite tabletop tchotchkes, or perhaps anemic appropriations of canonical works of art. Frequently dismissed as facile, lowbrow, or one-off, throwaway aesthetics, kitsch elicits responses that range from the sardonic smirk laced with derision to the grin glimmering with the indulgence in a "guilty" pleasure. Kitsch, however, is surprisingly mobile and complex, as evidenced by its recent renewal as "kitschy cool." This ambiguity not only allows it to gesture towards a disparate array of artifacts and ideations, but also to be pushed and pulled in various applicatory directions. The contributors to this collection address the problem of how and what kitsch might signify, and approach the kitsch question as a complex, nuanced interrogative. They consider kitsch in relation to its historical association with pseudo-art, its theoretical underpinnings and connections to class, the deliberate mobilization of kitsch in the work of specific artists, kitsch as a form of practice, as well as kitsch's traffic with race, patriotism, and postmodernism. The essays in this collection necessarily cut a wide interpretative path, mapping the terrain of the phenomenon of kitsch-historically, conceptually, practically-in multivocal ways, befitting the polysemous creature that is kitsch itself. Drawing upon art history, popular culture studies, philosophy, and visual culture, the authors' responses to the "big" question of kitsch move well beyond habitual artificial boundaries, far beyond the simple binaries of good/bad, high/low, elite/popular, or art/kitsch, into far more complex, challenging, and ultimately rewarding territory.

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2013, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Table of Contents

List of Images.
Page vii
Acknowledgements.
Page viii
Introduction: Kitsch in History, Theory, and Practice. Monica Kjellman-Chapin
Page ix
Chapter One: Art, Kitsch, and Art History. Anna Brzyski
Page 1
Chapter Two: Greenberg’s Formalism and Kitsch. Caroline A. Jones
Page 19
Chapter Three: Kitsch as Cultural Capital: Black Eyes and Lemonade and Populist Aesthetics in Fifties’ Britain. Gillian Whiteley
Page 42
Chapter Four: Asger Jorn, Popular Art, and the Kitsch-Avant-Garde. Karen Kurczynski
Page 64
Chapter Five: Yves Klein: The Midcult Manager of Kitsch. Nuit Banai
Page 103
Chapter Six: Stop Using Kitsch as a Weapon: Kitsch and Racism. Alexis L. Boylan
Page 128
Chapter Seven: The Museum of Corntemporary Art: A Repository of the Everyday. Victor Margolin
Page 144
Chapter Eight: From Kitsch to Critical: Mobilizing Kinkade. Monica Kjellman-Chapin
Page 157
Chapter Nine: 9/11 as Schmaltz-Attractor: A Coda on the Significance of “Kitsch”. C.E. Emmer
Page 184
Bibliography.
Page 225
Contributors.
Page 235
Index.
Page 238

Edition Notes

Published in
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Contributors

Contributor
Anna Brzyski
Contributor
Caroline A. Jones
Contributor
Gillian Whiteley
Contributor
Karen Kurczynski
Contributor
Nuit Banai
Contributor
Alexis L. Boylan
Contributor
Victor Margolin
Contributor
C. E. Emmer
Editor
Monica Kjellman-Chapin
Contributor
Monica Kjellman-Chapin

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
240
Dimensions
8.25 x 6 x 1 inches

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Open Library
OL25448524M
ISBN 10
144384599X
ISBN 13
9781443845991
OCLC/WorldCat
854749328
Amazon ID (ASIN)
144384599X
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