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The encyclopedia of bad taste / Jane & Michael Stern

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Author:
Stern, Jane  Search this
Stern, Michael 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
331 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Type:
Encyclopedias
Reference sources
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
©1990
20th century
Contents:
Accordion music -- Aerosol cheese -- Ant farms -- Arm wrestling -- Artificial grass -- Artistry in denim -- Ashtrays -- Bakker, Tammy Faye -- Barbie doll -- Baton twirling -- Beer -- Bell bottoms -- Bikers -- Body building -- Boudoir photography -- Bouffants -- Bowling -- Breasts, enormous -- Bumper stickers -- Cadillacs -- Candle art -- Carr, Allan -- Carvel, Tom -- Cedar souvenirs -- Charo -- Chihuahuas -- Children's names -- Chippendales -- Christmas trees, artificial -- Cool whip -- Cozies -- Day-glo colors -- Death cars of famous people -- Designer jeans -- Dinosaur parks -- Disco -- Driftwood (including cypress knees) -- Elevator shoes -- Elvisiana -- Epigrams -- Face-lifts -- Fake fur -- Feminine hygiene spray -- Fingernail extremism -- Fish sticks -- Fontainebleau Hotel -- Forest Lawn Cemetery -- Frederick's of Hollywood -- Fuzzy dice -- Gabors -- Gags and novelties -- Game shows -- Guccione, Bob -- Hamburger Helper -- Happy face -- Hawaiian shirts -- Heavy metal -- Hellenic diners -- Home Shopping Network -- Hot pants -- Hummel Ware -- Jell-O -- Jogging suits -- Katz, Morris -- Keane, Margaret and Walter -- Las Vegas -- Lava Lite -- Lawn ornmanets -- Leisure suits -- Leopard skin -- Liberace -- Limousines -- Loud ties -- Low riders -- Macrame -- Malls -- Mansfield, Jayne -- Maraschino cherries -- Meat snack foods -- Mime -- Miniature golf -- Mobile homes -- Monster trucks -- Mood rings -- Motor homes and camper/trailers -- Muscle cars -- Muzak -- Nehru jackets -- Neiman, Leroy -- Nodding-head dolls -- Nose jobs -- Novelty wrestling -- Nudism -- Panty-hose crafts -- Parton, Dolly -- Pepper mills, huge -- Perky nuns -- Pet clothing -- Polyester -- Polynesian food -- Poodles -- Pop-topping -- Professional wrestling -- Reclining chairs -- Rickie Tickie stickies -- Roller derby -- Ronco -- Shag rugs -- Smoky Mountains -- Sno-globes -- Spam -- Surf 'n' turf -- T-shirts -- Tattoos -- Taxidermy -- Telethons -- Treasures from trash -- Troll dolls -- Tuna casserole -- Tupperware -- TV dinners -- Twinkies -- Unicorns and rainbows -- Vanity license plates -- Vans -- Velvet paintings -- Waltzing waters -- Water beds -- Wax museums -- Weeki Wachee mermaids -- Welk, Lawrence -- White lipstick -- Winking eyes -- Wonder Bread -- Zoot suits
Topic:
Popular culture  Search this
Arts, American  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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