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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Kawaii"”.
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Unspoken Incantation: Kawaii Culture as Empowerment
… expression that represents female empowerment in kawaii culture. This paper specifically addresses how kawaii culture has evolved to include a form of self-expression primarily constructed by young females. Proponents of kawaii culture claim to celebrate femininity through the physical …
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Mariko Mori and Takashi Murakami and the crisis of Japanese identity
… such as sexuality, technology and the idea of kawaii, or cute. These tropes were associated with emerging youth cultures instigating a “soft rebellion” against social conventions. While emancipated female youths, or shōjo, were criticized for lifestyles based on the consumption of kawaii goods, …
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Maiden’s Fashion As Eternal Becomings: Victorian Maidens and Sugar Sweet Cuties Donning Japanese Street Fashion in Japan and North America
… (‘girl’ as a genderless being), otome (maiden), kawaii (cuteness) to explore the underlying framework that informs Japanese Lolita’s use of the fashion as a form of subversive rebellion, creating personal spaces to celebrate their individuality and revive the affects and memories of girlhood that …
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Transformations of photography in Japan (1990-1999)
… context, the thesis defines the prominent notion kawaii, or cute, with reference to the practice of female photographers and how its ambiguous and paradoxical meanings constitute a floating signifier. Rather than concentrating on a photographic representation of cute, the thesis explores the …
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Re-evaluating Murakami's Superflat: toward a contextualized interpretation of contemporary Japanese art
"This thesis examines Murakami Takashi’s Superflat theory and exhibition as well as the ramifications of its success. Developed through the 1990s and the early 2000s, Murakami’s Superflat theory attempts to prove a direct connection between the aesthetics of Edo period (1603-1868) and contemporary …