Kitsch as a repetitive system: A Problem for the Theory of Taste Hierarchy

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-152

  Binkley, Sam ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; class; Giddens; kitsch; popular culture; taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385510     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918350000500201     Document Type: Article

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