Cool-Kawaii

Name: Cool-Kawaii
Brand: Lexington Books
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By Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

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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 able to transcend both traditionalism and anti-traditionalist modernity.

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Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 238
Publisher:: Lexington Books
Publication Date:: 2010-12-28
Release Date:: 2010-12-01
ISBN / EAN:: 9780739148457
Weight:: 543 g
Dimensions:: 16/24/2 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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