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Tiki Style (Icons)

Tiki Style (Icons)
By Sven Kirsten

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This enlightening and hilarious guide casts the reader as an "urban archaeologist," exploring the lost remnants of the Tiki culture across the United States and discovering relics from this forgotten civilization in thrift stores, yard sales, and used book and record emporia. A combination of nostalgia and fascinating pop-cultural study, this book delves head first into the fabulously tacky yesteryear world of Tiki.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #663577 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-10-01
  • Original language: German, French
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 192 pages

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A family-friendly intro book to Tiki5
In much defense of "Tiki Style", this book is really about making a conservative friendly,nudity free version of the Book Of Tiki so it could be sold in retail locations like Old Navy. It has most of the same lovely photos sans bare breast and wooden phalluses.

The book itself is slightly larger than a pocket size book. Its inexpensive, which make it a great gift and/or introductory book to show others without fear of damage to one's copy of the Book of Tiki. Guilt free.

This book is more of a tool for those already beholding of tiki and a photographic intro for those just starting to learn the imagery of this era of Americana pop culture.

Simply an edited version of Sven's 'Book of Tiki'1
I was looking forward to reading this book as I throughly enjoyed Kirsten's 'Book of Tiki' and the synopsis of this book led me to believe it was a new work by Sven Kirsten. I was quite dismayed to find that 'Tiki Style' simply appears to take 18 of the 23 chapters in Kirsten's 'Book of Tiki' , cut out a good portion of the chapters' accompanying photos along with their captions, and reprint them under a new title. I could not find a single image or line of text in this book that hasn't been directly copied over from 'Book of Tiki' (even the chapter titles remain the same). This book's only saving grace is the price makes it an affordable alternative for anyone who can't get their hands on a copy of 'Book of Tiki'. However, if you already own 'Book of Tiki' you'd be wise to stay away from this one.

Small book packs a big punch5
This book is packed with photos of artifacts from the golden age of the Tiki subculture, a psuedo-South Seas phenomenon which reached its height in the late 1950s and 1960s. Like most Taschen books it is well-illustrated and discusses the subject matter in enough depth to give the reader a good feel. A good reference book for collectors or decorators!