Noël Valis: 2 books

Book cover of The Culture of Cursilería

The Culture of Cursilería

Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain

by Noël Valis
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2003

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...
Book cover of La cultura de la cursilería

La cultura de la cursilería

Mal gusto, clase y kitsch en la España moderna

by Noël Valis
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 20, 2015

Como lo kitsch, lo cursi evoca la idea del mal gusto, pero es un concepto con más implicaciones. La cursilería ha sido un fenómeno cultural muy difundido en la sociedad española desde el siglo XIX, el poder europeo más resistente a la modernización económica y social. Un país caracterizado...
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