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[Jane Stern, Michael Stern] ☆ The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste ✓ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste "Outstanding look at America's more regrettable phases." according to The Strife of Love in a Dream. Witty and sharp-tongued, this book guides readers in a primer of that which was bizarre and tasteless in the 70s and 80s. Topics range from "Frederick's of Hollywood" to Jell-O [tm] to Chippendale's Dancers to those obnoxious cedar plaques you used to be able to find at truck stops across the country (and maybe still can, somewhere). Some of these topics will be totally lost on younger. Lane Stri
| Title | : | The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060921218 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
. From Publishers Weekly Lava lamps, Hawaiian shirts, accordion music and outlandish performer Charo are among the kitschy or lowbrow people, places and things affectionately featured in this entertaining, colorful reference book. $50,000 ad/promo. (Oct.)no PW revCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Illustrated
"Outstanding look at America's more regrettable phases." according to The Strife of Love in a Dream. Witty and sharp-tongued, this book guides readers in a primer of that which was bizarre and tasteless in the 70s and 80s. Topics range from "Frederick's of Hollywood" to Jell-O [tm] to Chippendale's Dancers to those obnoxious cedar plaques you used to be able to find at truck stops across the country (and maybe still can, somewhere). Some of these topics will be totally lost on younger. Lane Stripe said Bad taste: Who ever knew there was so much. Bad taste: Who ever knew there was so much of it. And the histories of where it all comes from is equally fascinating. This tome is for anyone who cares about quality of life, both public and private, and that phenomenon we sometimes call "grace.". "Funny, informative, but uneven blasts at popular culture" according to Stefan Jones. The Sterns, best known for their books about vernacular American cusine, dug their claws into pop culture in this book full of short (1-Funny, informative, but uneven blasts at popular culture The Sterns, best known for their books about vernacular American cusine, dug their claws into pop culture in this book full of short (1-3 page) essays about topics as diverse as Death Cars, Fish Sticks, and Florida's Fountainblu hotel.The tone is generally mocking, sometime excessively so (some of the phenomena the Sterns spear are not so much in bad taste, but merely goofy), but the p. page) essays about topics as diverse as Death Cars, Fish Sticks, and Florida's Fountainblu hotel.The tone is generally mocking, sometime excessively so (some of the phenomena the Sterns spear are not so much in bad taste, but merely goofy), but the p
350 photos, 50 in full-color.. America's premiere scholars of popular culture present a hilarious tribute to the all-time highs of lowbrow taste. The Sterns offer the definitive sourcebook of the world's favorite cultural extremes and faux pas
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