Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness - Nathalie Olah
In Bad Taste, Nathalie Olah interrogates how taste — or the perceived lack of it — shapes our perceptions of our selves, those around us, and of the society that we live in. The clothes we wear, the food we eat, and how we spend our free time all serve as vectors for how we position ourselves, and are positioned by others. Bringing a provocative and razor-sharp analysis to how hierarchies of taste are constructed, Olah’s book turns these hierarchies on their head, and asks far-reaching questions about class, desire, consumerism and power.
In Bad Taste, Nathalie Olah interrogates how taste — or the perceived lack of it — shapes our perceptions of our selves, those around us, and of the society that we live in. The clothes we wear, the food we eat, and how we spend our free time all serve as vectors for how we position ourselves, and are positioned by others. Bringing a provocative and razor-sharp analysis to how hierarchies of taste are constructed, Olah’s book turns these hierarchies on their head, and asks far-reaching questions about class, desire, consumerism and power.
In Bad Taste, Nathalie Olah interrogates how taste — or the perceived lack of it — shapes our perceptions of our selves, those around us, and of the society that we live in. The clothes we wear, the food we eat, and how we spend our free time all serve as vectors for how we position ourselves, and are positioned by others. Bringing a provocative and razor-sharp analysis to how hierarchies of taste are constructed, Olah’s book turns these hierarchies on their head, and asks far-reaching questions about class, desire, consumerism and power.