The Culture of Cursilería: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain by Noël Valis

The Culture of Cursilería: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain

Noël Valis

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nonfiction sociology
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Not easily translated, the Spanish terms cursi and cursiler a 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 pret...

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