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From bottle gardens, batman and the bachelor pad to garden gnomes and monogamy spray, this book uses a range of objects to explore the meanings and uses of kitsch.
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Ruth Holliday is Professor of Gender and Culture in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds
Tracey Potts is Lecturer in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham
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