The purpose of this essay is to let the reader become philosophically aware of the various historical, sociological, psychological, and aesthetic views connected with the word kitsch. The first two sections of this essay are devoted to the research of these outside views. Because of the multifaceted nature of the phenomenon of kitsch, the concluding sections of this essay suggests another approach to what we view as the real problem of kitsch--a lack of understanding for kitschman as he relates kitsch-art to boredom. The method of exploration into the phenomenon of kitsch will be that of existential phenomenology. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-09, Section: A, page: 2706. / Major Professor: Peter Stowell. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77850 |
| Contributors | Drew Bentley, Carole Anne., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 142 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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