LEADER 02795nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910822955303321 005 20230731200812.0 010 $a1-283-59952-X 010 $a9786613911971 010 $a0-7391-4847-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241761 035 $a(EBL)1021898 035 $a(OCoLC)817812585 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711149 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12258972 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711149 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682260 035 $a(PQKB)11508966 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1021898 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1021898 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10602247 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391197 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241761 100 $a20100909d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe cool-kawaii $eAfro-Japanese aesthetics and new world modernity /$fThorsten Botz-Bornstein 210 1$aLanham, Md. :$cLexington Books,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xxviii, 209 pages) 311 0 $a0-7391-4845-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aAesthetics 606 $aPopular culture$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$xAmerican influences 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$y21st century 615 0$aAesthetics. 615 0$aPopular culture 676 $a306.0952 700 $aBotz-Bornstein$b Thorsten$0901351 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822955303321 996 $aThe cool-kawaii$94091928 997 $aUNINA