1st edition in Spanish 2001 was named the best book in Brazilian Studies by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND SPANISH EDITION
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. AGAINST NATIONALISM
- Chapter 1: Manuel Puig and Conceptual Art
- Chapter 2: Brazilian Tropicalism
- II. KITSCH, MASS CULTURE, AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE
- Chapter 3
- III. KITSCH IN THE NEOBAROQUE ERA
- Chapter 4: Luis Rafael Sánchez: Dandyism in the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 5: Severo Sarduy: A Post-Everything Author
- IV. THE CANONIZATION OF KITSCH
- Chapter 6
- CONCLUSIONS
- NOTES
- WORKS CITED
- RECORDINGS CITED
- FILMS CITED
- VISUAL ARTS CITED
- APPENDIX