The cool-kawaii [ afro-Japanese aesthetics and new world modernity

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Cool and kawaii
  • 2. New world modernity
  • 3. Aspects of cuteness
  • 4. Cross gender tendencies in cool and kawaii
  • 5. Coolness between virtue ethics and aesthetics
  • 6. The temptation of kitsch
  • 7. Kitsch in Japan : tradition and modernity
  • 8. Cool and dandyism : two words - one concept
  • 9. Dandyism, consumer society, virtual reality