Tacky
By King, Rax
Book

Tacky :love letters to the worst culture we have to offer

by
King, Rax. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
King, Rax(DLC)n2020066922
Popular cultureUnited States(DLC)sh85140482
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Publisher and Date
New York :Vintage Books,2021.
ISBN
9780593312728.
;
0593312724.
Library of Congress Call Number
PS3611.I58425Z46 2021
Geographic Area Code
n-us---
Description
193 pages ;21 cm
System Control Number
(OCoLC)1226075961
Summary"TACKY is about the power of pop culture -- like any art, low or high -- to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences, no matter one's commitment to "good" taste. These fifteen essays are a nostalgia-soaked antidote to the millennial generation's obsession with irony, putting the aesthetics we've learned to hate to love -- frosted tips and glosses, Sex and the City, The Cheesecake Factory -- into kinder and sharper perspective. Each essay revolves around a different maligned (and yet, Rax would argue, vital) cultural artifact and its entwinement with Rax's millennial coming-of-age: an essay about the gym-tan-laundry exuberance of Jersey Shore morphs into an excavation of grief over the death of her father, who loved the show; in another, Guy Fieri helps her heal from an abusive relationship. The result is a collection that captures a personal and generational experience with clarity, humor, and heartfelt honesty"--Provided by publisher.
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