The Culture of Cursilería: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern SpainDuke University Press, 16 янв. 2003 г. - Всего страниц: 424 Not easily translated, the Spanish terms cursi and cursilería refer to a cultural phenomenon widely prevalent in Spanish society since the nineteenth century. Like "kitsch," cursi evokes the idea of bad taste, but it also suggests one who has pretensions of refinement and elegance without possessing them. In The Culture of Cursilería, Noël Valis examines the social meanings of cursi, viewing it as a window into modern Spanish history and particularly into the development of middle-class culture. Valis finds evidence in literature, cultural objects, and popular customs to |
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1 On Origins | 31 |
2 Adorning the Feminine or the Language of Fans | 77 |
3 Salon Poets the Bécquer Craze and Romanticism | 118 |
The Embellishment of Credit | 139 |
5 Fabricating History | 179 |
6 The Dream of Negation | 202 |
Modernist Cursilería | 224 |
8 The Culture of Nostalgia or the Language of Flowers | 244 |
The Metaphor of Culture in PostFranco Spain | 277 |
Appendix | 303 |
Notes | 305 |
Bibliography | 353 |
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