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Author : Angelika Koch,Christopher Tso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Popular culture
ISBN : 9783643962867
Author : Brigitte Steger,Angelika Koch,Christopher Tso
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643912862
Kawaii. The love of all things cute has become the dominant image of Japanese girls and women. Real Japanese women are, however, more complex. Some celebrate their uterus, others experiment with fashion and cross- dressing or embrace their chubbiness, many struggle with motherhood. And some may even return as vengeful ghosts. This third collection of studies by young scholars from the University of Cambridge looks beyond the kawaii image and explores the diversity and complexity of being a Japanese woman in the new millennium.
Author : Yasmin B. Kafai,Carrie Heeter,Jill Denner,Jennifer Y. Sun
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262516068
Girls and women as game players and game designers in the new digital landscape of massively multiplayer online games, “second lives,” “modding,” serious games, and casual games. Ten years after the groundbreaking From Barbie to Mortal Kombat highlighted the ways gender stereotyping and related social and economic issues permeate digital game play, the number of women and girl gamers has risen considerably. Despite this, gender disparities remain in gaming. Women may be warriors in World of Warcraft, but they are also scantily clad “booth babes” whose sex appeal is used to promote games at trade shows. Player-generated content has revolutionized gaming, but few games marketed to girls allow “modding” (game modifications made by players). Gender equity, the contributors to Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat argue, requires more than increasing the overall numbers of female players. Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat brings together new media theorists, game designers, educators, psychologists, and industry professionals, including some of the contributors to the earlier volume, to look at how gender intersects with the broader contexts of digital games today: gaming, game industry and design, and serious games. The contributors discuss the rise of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and the experience of girl and women players in gaming communities; the still male-dominated gaming industry and the need for different perspectives in game design; and gender concerns related to emerging serious games (games meant not only to entertain but also to educate, persuade, or change behavior). In today's game-packed digital landscape, there is an even greater need for games that offer motivating, challenging, and enriching contexts for play to a more diverse population of players. Contributors Cornelia Brunner, Shannon Campe, Justine Cassell, Mia Consalvo, Jill Denner, Mary Flanagan, Janine Fron, Tracy Fullerton, Elisabeth Hayes, Carrie Heeter, Kristin Hughes, Mimi Ito, Henry Jenkins III, Yasmin B. Kafai, Caitlin Kelleher, Brenda Laurel, Nicole Lazzaro, Holin Lin, Jacki Morie, Helen Nissenbaum, Celia Pearce, Caroline Pelletier, Jennifer Y. Sun, T. L. Taylor, Brian Winn, Nick YeeInterviews with Nichol Bradford, Brenda Braithwaite, Megan Gaiser, Sheri Graner Ray, Morgan Romine
Author : Yoneyuki Sugita
Publisher : UPA
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761866794
As President Obama’s “pivot to Asia” strategy indicates, the Asia-Pacific region is an engine for the world economic growth. However, it has also been an unstable region suffering from many sources of conflicts. This book explores ways and means to establish a more amicable Asia-Pacific region.
Author : Rachel Fong
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780525575429
A YouTube star teaches you to bake ridiculously cute, Japanese-style treats, with 75 brand-new, easy-to-follow recipes for totally original and delicious cakes, candies, cookies, cupcakes, and more. “A delightful debut cookbook.”—Publishers Weekly Kawaii means “cute” in Japanese, and cuteness is the main ingredient in these sweets. In Kawaii Sweet World, YouTube sensation Rachel Fong teaches you how to bake super-easy treats that are just as fun to make as they are to eat. Whether you’re a cookie rookie or a piping pro, you’ll find tips on all the basics, from whipping up the best buttercream to using a turntable to decorate—but this is no ordinary baking book. Why have a plain layer cake when you could have a cuddly corgi cake? These seventy-five utterly unique recipes include chocolate cupcakes that transform into snuggly koalas, cake pops that are twinkly-eyed narwhals, lemon cookies that turn into emojis, and cream puffs that become little pink pigs. With Kawaii Sweet World cookbook, the fun is baked right in.
Author : Isabel Fassbender
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9789004499553
"What is ninkatsu? Who promotes and governs this "active pursuit of pregnancy?" Trying to answer these questions, this unprecedented publication exhibits how mass media, policymakers, and biomedical science-corporate capitalism govern the individual's reproductive choices in contemporary Japan through gendered discourses of self-improvement, life planning, and biomedical technology. Analyzing a broad range of media, popular science, and government material, it links historical and social processes with an original theoretical framework on self-governance, neoliberalism, and postfeminism. While deeply engaging with Japanese sources, this rich scholarship takes the study of reproductive politics beyond Japan. This book is not only of interest for Japanese studies scholars but more broadly also those curious about neoliberal government strategies, gender, and biomedical capitalism"--
Author : Michael O'Keefe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781350369382
How does Australia's unique geographical, cultural and historical position influence its approach to foreign policy? What key challenges does Australia face on the world stage, and how can it overcome them? Reflecting the messy reality of foreign policy decision-making, this book helps you to understand the changes and continuities in Australia's approach. For example, does the US withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973 and collapse of South Vietnam continue to cast a shadow over Australian foreign policy, or is it relevant only in understanding the dynamics of the cold war? Using an Australian Strategic Culture framework, O'Keefe sheds light on the characteristics that make Australia behave in a way different to any other country and equips you with analytic skills to understand the main debates, such as: - In what sense could Australia be seen as a 'good' international citizen? - Have national interests trumped global responsibilities? - How does the intersection between civil society and public opinion interact with foreign policy making? This book is essential reading if you are a student of Australian foreign policy, as well as of broader Australian domestic politics and international relations.
Author : Valerio Terraroli,Timothy Stroud,Emanuela Di Lallo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076002901648
The fifth book in the series, this volume concludes this extraordinary publishing project by analyzing the fascinating and controversial phenomena of contemporary art. Volume V maintains the structure that characterizes the four previous publications, namely a spectacular gallery of images, essays by major contemporary critics and the clever juxtaposition of the most diverse objects and topics. In contrast, it abandons the historical and thematic reconstructions and reference to the most familiar names and scientific categories, to which contemporary events, by their very nature, cannot be subject. And it chooses to describe the multi-faceted tendencies of the contemporary age as day-to-day events, which as such _directly concern_ readers.
Author : 櫟本崇恵
Publisher : ふくろう出版
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015082728596
性と民族性,異国でのアイデンティティ再構築とは
Author : Natalie Avella
Publisher : Rotovision
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 2880467713
From the kitsch cuteness of Hello Kitty to the cult of manga and anime, Japanese design has long paved the way for the West to follow. Graphic Japan goes beyond this well-known territory to reveal the myriad styles of design produced in Japan today, from packaging to posters, and typography to new media. Contemporary Japanese graphic design is a unique collision of traditional cultural influences and a focused thrust toward modernization on global terms, and the book reflects this marriage of tradition and hypermodernity. Essays on today's innovators are beautifully printed in a simple, elegant manner that is typical of traditional Japanese work, and are combined with bold and colorful visual material which reflects the brash, global commerciality of much new material. This book is an inspirational "must" for designers in the West.
Author : Eva Minguet
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780062393425
The ultimate guide to creating your very own adorable kawaii manga characters
Author : Lorrain E. Watters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015023359758
Principally songs with piano ; also includes unacc. version with chord symbols, generally on opposite pages.
Author : Bounding Bounding Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544154615
A cute crystal ball graces the cover of this unlined journal that says "Somewhere Beyond". This high quality 6" x 9" paperback journal contains 200 blank pages, with a glossy finish on the cover. Bounding Books creates high quality notebooks, diaries and journals for students, writers, and dreamers.
Author : Matt Alt,Hiroko Yoda
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 0811856747
"A menagerie of mascots and characters inhabit the islands of Japan, cheerfully guiding citizens through all sorts of daily activities and situations. ... The authors ... explore the cultural context of these ubiquitous, hard-working critters and their relationship to anime and manga, commercial characters like Hello Kitty, and the cult of cute, while introducting a host of adorable new best friends you never knew you had."--Book flap.
Author : Charuca
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780062133854
Kawaii is a word that originated in 1970s Japan when schoolgirls adopted the term to describe everything cute. This word is now understood world-wide and identifies a particular trend of visual aesthetics (Hello Kitty being the most famous). Kawaii is a recognizable art form practiced by artists all over the world and covers the visual gamut from commercial art (stickers, clothing, calendars, pens, pencils, erasers, video games) to high-brow contemporary art (e.g. Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara). Presented primarily through full page images, Charuca (a Kawaii artist herself) has curated an international collection of the most popular adorable, hilarious, and sometimes dark Kawaii art being made today. Charuca begins each chapter with a small description of the artist and her feelings towards his or her work, creating an artistic dialogue spoken mainly through the loud, brightly full-colored images that flood each page. Some of the artists she selected include: Aranzi Aronzo Bubi Au Yeung Bukubuku Charuca Devil Robots Hiroko Yokoyama Itokin Park Marichan Meomi Paul Shih Ryoko Takidoki Yukiko Yokoo