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UNINA9910822955303321 |
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Autore |
Botz-Bornstein Thorsten |
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Titolo |
The cool-kawaii : Afro-Japanese aesthetics and new world modernity / / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein |
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Lanham, Md. : , : Lexington Books, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-59952-X |
9786613911971 |
0-7391-4847-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxviii, 209 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aesthetics |
Popular culture - Japan |
Japan Civilization American influences |
Japan Civilization 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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, and Virtual Reality; Conclusion: A Dialectics of Cool and Kawaii?; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Cool-Kawaii: Afro-Japanese Aesthetics and New World Modernity, by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, analyzes and compares African American cool culture and the Japanese aesthetics of kawaii or cute and characterizes them as expressions set against oppressive homogenizations of a technocratic world. The Cool-Kawaii sheds light on the history and development of both cultures in three main ways: First, both emerge from similar historical conditions; second, both are in search of human dignity and liberation, and finally, both kawaii and African American cool establish a new kind of modernity |
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