Kawaii!: Japan's Culture of Cute
by Okazaki, Manami; Johnson, Geoff
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 3791347276
- ISBN 13
- 9783791347271
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Prestel, 2013. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Minimal wear to covers. Spine not creased. A pencil impression and associated eraser rubbing to top corner of half-title page. Otherwise internally very lean. 224pp Showcasing Japan's astonishingly varied culture of cute, this volume takes the reader on a dazzling and adorable visual journey through all things kawaii. Although some trace the phenomenon of kawaii as far back as Japan's Taisho era, it emerged most visibly in the 1970s when schoolgirls began writing in big, bubbly letters complete with tiny hearts and stars. From cute handwriting came manga, Hello Kitty, and Harajuku, and the kawaii aesthetic now affects every aspect of Japanese life. As colourful as its subject matter, this book contains numerous interviews with illustrators, artists, fashion designers, and scholars. It traces the roots of the movement from sociological and anthropological perspectives and looks at kawaii's darker side as it morphs into gothic and gloomy iterations. Best of all, it includes hundreds of colourful photographs that capture kawaii's ubiquity: on the streets and inside homes, on lunchboxes and airplanes, in haute couture and street fashion, in cafes, museums, and hotels. .
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- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028912
- Title
- Kawaii!: Japan's Culture of Cute
- Author
- Okazaki, Manami; Johnson, Geoff
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 3791347276
- ISBN 13
- 9783791347271
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Date Published
- 2013
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