kitsch, n.Definitions

Kitsch is a screen with which to hide our eyes from death.

Kitsch is the triumph of popular sentimentality over individual sentiment.

Kitsch is the child's retort to Art that bids it grow up.

Kitsch is the equivalent to the 'cliche' in discourse.

Kitsch is an alias for Indolence.

Kitsch is rubbish enjoyed by intellectuals, while rubbish enjoyed by lesser mortals remains rubbish.

Kitsch is the one battlefield where reactionaries are sure to outwit the progressives.

Kitsch is a scholarly term that makes it acceptable for highbrows to enjoy lava lamps, lawn ornaments, blinking Jesus plaques, souvenir Empire State Buildings with thermometers down the front, or any other appealingly corny pop-culture icons that otherwise would be strictly verboten.