Fashioning Japanese subcultures
Record details
- ISBN: 1474235328
- ISBN: 9781474235327
- ISBN: 0857852159
- ISBN: 9780857852151
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: London ; New York : Berg Publishers, 2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | I. Introduction : Understanding subcultural studies: Dick Hebdige revisited -- Placing Tokyo on the fashion map: from catwalk to street style -- Japanese youth in a changing society -- II. Geographically and stylistically defined Japanese subcultures : Shibuya: the youth in outspoken rebellion -- Harajuku: the youth in silent rebellion -- Akihabara and Ikebukuro: playing with costume as entertainment -- Shinjuku: girls of the nightlife using beauty and youth as weapons -- Kouenji and other fashion districts; from secondhand clothes lovers to fast fashion followers -- Individual and institutional networks within a subcultural system: efforts to validate and valorize new tastes in fashion -- III. The power of the youth: trickle-up / bubble-up theory revisited : The deprofessionalization of fashion -- The globalization of Japanese subcultures and fashion: possibilities and limitations -- Conclusion : The future of Japanese subcultures -- Appendix : [Statistics]. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Japan -- Social life and customs Subculture -- Japan Fashion design -- Japan Fashion -- Japan |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |