Robertson Quoted on Patriotic Kitsch
2 April 2002 Robertson Quoted on Patriotic Kitsch
Linda Robertson, professor of rhetoric, was quoted in the March 29 article titled Patriotic: Kitsch is 'a way of reducing the enormity of war' in the Oregonian. The article described examples of kitsch products decorated in patriotic symbols. Robertson said kitsch is a way of buffering oneself from emotion, reducing the enormity of war.