@article{ART002535693},
author={Hwang Sung Hee},
title={A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2019},
volume={57},
pages={107-147},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hwang Sung Hee
TI - A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2019
VL - 57
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 107
EP - 147
SN - 1598-0685
AB - The Kawaii aesthetics of Japanese girl culture is the source of visual images of Japanese manga, animation, and games. Understanding the core image and essence of Japanese girl culture, the accurate understanding of Korean kidult consumption and retro consumption is possible. The key element in the aesthetics of Kawaii girl’s culture in Japan is fanciness – the quality of being fancy. It is decorativeness that realizes fantasy. The symbols and images that Japanese girl culture mobilizes for the decoration of real daily life are not Japanese, but Western. Victorian style, Art Nouveau, and Disney were exclusively inherited in the history of Japanese girl culture. The Kawaii aesthetics is full of Western images. Japanese appropriation of the West in girl culture shows the change of East–West dynamics, and the interpenetration between cultures through the meaning of decorativeness, and fanciness itself.
KW - Japanese girl culture;decorativeness;Victorian style;Disney;Kawaii aesthetics;Art nouveau
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107
ER -
Hwang Sung Hee. (2019). A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture. Cross-Cultural Studies, 57, 107-147.
Hwang Sung Hee. 2019, "A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.57, pp.107-147. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107
Hwang Sung Hee "A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture" Cross-Cultural Studies 57 pp.107-147 (2019) : 107.
Hwang Sung Hee. A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture. 2019; 57 107-147. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107
Hwang Sung Hee. "A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture" Cross-Cultural Studies 57(2019) : 107-147.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107
Hwang Sung Hee. A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture. Cross-Cultural Studies, 57, 107-147. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107
Hwang Sung Hee. A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2019; 57 107-147. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107
Hwang Sung Hee. A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture. 2019; 57 107-147. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107
Hwang Sung Hee. "A study on the appropriation of the West in Japanese girl culture" Cross-Cultural Studies 57(2019) : 107-147.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..107