The culture of cursilería. Bad taste, Kitsch, and class in modern

Sobre el libro The culture of cursilería. Bad taste, Kitsch, and class in modern de Noel M. Valis publicado por Duke al 2002:

Not easly translated, the spanish terms cursi and cursileria refer to a cultural phenomenon widely prevalent in Spanish society since the nineteenth century.In this book, Vails examines the social meanings of cursi, viewing it as a window into modern Spanish history and particulary into the development of middle-class culture.