Abstract
Used improperly as a synonym for "bad taste", the term kitsch refers to one of the most important aesthetic categories of the last century. This paper, after trying to provide a historical framework of kitsch, focuses on two themes: the kitsch object and the link between postmodernism and kitsch, which will be referred to as neo-kitsch. In the first field of investigation, through the morphology of the kitsch object, the opposition of the kitsch aesthetic to that of functionalism will be outlined. Neo-kitsch, on the other hand, will be interpreted as a process of aesthetic hybridisation, one of the most obvious results of postmodern aesthetics.
First Page
65
Last Page
75
Recommended Citation
Andrea, Mecacci. 2021. "Kitsch." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 41, (3): pp.65-75. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol41/iss3/10
