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The image factory : fads and fashions in Japan / Donald Richie ; with photographs by Roy Garner.
Van Pelt Library DS827.F34 R53 2003
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LIBRA DS827.F34 R53 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richie, Donald, 1924-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fads--Japan.
- Fads.
- Japan--Social life and customs--1945-.
- Japan.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2003.
- Summary:
- Since the late 19th century, Japan has openly invited the foreign and the new, and in so doing has embraced the ephemeral. In this intriguing investigation into fads and fashions, their inherent meanings and potential for Japanese enterprise and society, Donald Richie, a renowned American writer who has lived in Tokyo for more than 50 years, opens up the industry of the image from Tamagochis to image clubs, T-shirts to robots.
- Contents:
- The Image Industry 17
- Fashion's Tongues 32
- Kawaii - Kingdom of the Cute 53
- The Sex Bazaar 63
- Leisure Options 83
- Manga Culture 101
- Pachinko 110
- The Convenience Phone 125
- Kosupure 137
- Fake Foreigners 151.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176).
- ISBN:
- 1861891539
- OCLC:
- 59361263
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