Bad Taste Or the Politics of Ugliness

This book is not a taste, nor an anti-taste, manual. This is an interrogation of the importance we place on seemingly objective ideas of taste in a culture that is saturated by imagery, and the dangerous impact this has on our identities, communities and politics. This book is dedicated to understanding the industries of taste. From the food we eat to the way we spend our free time, Olah exposes the shallow waters of ''good'' and ''bad'' taste and the rigid hierarchies that uphold this age-old dichotomy. - How did minimalism become a virtue, and who can afford to do it justice? When did blue-collar jackets become a fashion item? Who stands to gain from the distinction made between beauty, and sex? - Bold, original and provocative, Bad Taste is a revelatory exploration of the intersection between consumerism, class, desire and power, and a rousing call-to-arms to break free from the restrictive ways we see those around us.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: NATHALIE OLAH, Nathalie Olah
• Con la collaborazione di: Layne Priscilla (Traduzione)
• Editore: Little Brown
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 14.11.2024
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società
• EAN: 9780349702247
• ISBN: 978-0-349-70224-7
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.7 x 20 x 1.6 cm
• Categorie: Fashion, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Social Theory, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, ART / Art & Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Digital lifestyle, Food & society, Fashion & society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Cultural studies: fashion and society, Consumerism, Cultural studies: food and society, contemporary culture, Cultural studies: dress and society, botm, Tressie McMillan Cottom Thick And Other Essays, class boundaries and consciousness, Media analysis and criticism, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us rachel aviv, your brain is playing tricks on you albert moukheiber, arrangements in blue amy key, radical attention julia bell, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion jia tolentino, Pierre Bourdieu Distinction, film and tv, tate book of the month, funny weather: art in an emergency olivia laing, how to do nothing: resisting the attention economy jenny odell, Popular Culture and High Culture: An Analysis and Evaluation Of Taste hebert j. gans, blueberries elena savage, Pulphead: Notes from the Other Side of America John Jeremiah Sullivan, The Emancipated Spectator Jacques Rancière, high-culture and low-culture, real estate deborah levy, Rebecca Solnit The Mother of All Questions, tate book of the month december 2023, zadie smith feel free