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Tacky
Rax King
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- Book Synopsis
- Tacky is about the power of pop culture-like any art-to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences, no matter one's commitment to "good" taste. These fourteen essays are a nostalgia-soaked antidote to the millennial generation's obsession with irony, putting the aesthetics we hate to love-snakeskin pants, Sex and the City, Cheesecake Factory's gargantuan menu-into kinder and sharper perspective. Each essay revolves around a different maligned (and yet, Rax would argue, vital) cultural artifact, providing thoughtful, even romantic meditations on desire, love, and the power of nostalgia. An essay about the gym-tan-laundry exuberance of Jersey Shore morphs into an excavation of grief over the death of her father; in "You Wanna Be On Top," Rax writes about friendship and early aughts girlhood; in another, Guy Fieri helps her heal from an abusive relationship. The result is a collection that captures the personal and generational experience of finding joy in caring just a little too much with clarity, heartfelt honesty, and Rax King's trademark humour. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780593312728
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, (16 August 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 193
- Weight
- 218 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 203 x 132 x 19 mm
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