Beyond Kawaii

Beyond Kawaii
Author: Angelika Koch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2020
Genre: Popular culture
ISBN: 364396286X

Beyond Kawaii

Beyond Kawaii
Author: Brigitte Steger
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2020-05-29
Genre:
ISBN: 3643912862

Kawaii. The love of all things cute has become the dominant image of Japanese girls and women. Real Japanese women are, however, more complex. Some celebrate their uterus, others experiment with fashion and cross- dressing or embrace their chubbiness, many struggle with motherhood. And some may even return as vengeful ghosts. This third collection of studies by young scholars from the University of Cambridge looks beyond the kawaii image and explores the diversity and complexity of being a Japanese woman in the new millennium.

Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat

Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat
Author: Yasmin B. Kafai
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Brings together new media theorists, game designers, educators, psychologists and industry professionals, including some of the contributors to the earlier volume, to look at how gender intersects with the broader contexts of digital games today.

Manga Girl Seeks Herbivore Boy

Manga Girl Seeks Herbivore Boy
Author: Brigitte Steger
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3643903197

Japan's gender roles are in turmoil. Traditional life courses for men and women are still presented as role models, but there is an increasing range of gender choices for those uncomfortable with convention. This collection of studies from the University of Cambridge provides fascinating insights into the diversity of gendered images, identities, and life-styles in contemporary Japan - from manga girls to herbivore boys, from absent fathers to transgender people. (Series: Japanese Studies / Japanologie - Vol. 3)

Kawaii!

Kawaii!
Author: Manami Okazaki
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 3791347276

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 colorful 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 colorful photographs that capture kawaii's ubiquity: on the streets and inside homes, on lunchboxes and airplanes, in haute couture and street fashion, in cafés, museums, and hotels.

2000 and Beyond

2000 and Beyond
Author: Valerio Terraroli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This volume concludes this publishing project by analyzing the fascinating and controversial phenomena of contemporary art. It maintains the structure that characterizes the four previous publications, namely a gallery of images, essays by major contemporary critics and the clever juxtaposition of the most diverse objects and topics.

Graphic Japan

Graphic Japan
Author: Natalie Avella
Publisher: Rotovision
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9782880467715

From the kitsch cuteness of Hello Kitty to the cult of manga and anime, Japanese design has long paved the way for the West to follow. Graphic Japan goes beyond this well-known territory to reveal the myriad styles of design produced in Japan today, from packaging to posters, and typography to new media. Contemporary Japanese graphic design is a unique collision of traditional cultural influences and a focused thrust toward modernization on global terms, and the book reflects this marriage of tradition and hypermodernity. Essays on today's innovators are beautifully printed in a simple, elegant manner that is typical of traditional Japanese work, and are combined with bold and colorful visual material which reflects the brash, global commerciality of much new material. This book is an inspirational "must" for designers in the West.

Sew Kawaii!

Sew Kawaii!
Author: Choly Knight
Publisher: Design Originals
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: CRAFTS & HOBBIES
ISBN: 9781565235687

Capture the essence of Kawaii (cuteness!) with these 22 fun and simple sewing projects. All that is needed is a sewing machine, some inexpensive fabric, and a few basic sewing tools.

I Love You So Mochi

I Love You So Mochi
Author: Sarah Kuhn
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338302892

Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Kasie West, I Love You So Mochi is a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel from accomplished author Sarah Kuhn. "As sweet and satisfying as actual mochi... a tender love story wrapped up in food, fashion, and family. I gobbled it up." -- Maurene Goo, author of The Way You Make Me FeelKimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement.She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city's outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival -- and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies.In I Love You So Mochi, author Sarah Kuhn has penned a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel that will make you squee at the cute, cringe at the awkward, and show that sometimes you have to lose yourself in something you love to find your Ultimate self.