Fashioning Japanese Subcultures

Name: Fashioning Japanese Subcultures
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ISBN: 9781847889478

ISBN-10: 1847889476

ISBN-13: 9781847889478

Edition: 2012

Authors: Yuniya Kawamura

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Tokyo as a fashion city is still marginal from a global perspective, but it is no longer merely a city in which Western fashion is widely appreciated and consumed. Since the mid-1990s, Japanese youth have been playing a crucial role in forming unique fashion communities and producing creative styles that reflect their subcultural affiliation and identity. The youth subcultures in Tokyo are geographically and stylistically defined, such as Lolita in Harajuku, Gyaru and Gyaru-o in Shibuya, Agejo in Shinjuku and Mori Girl in Kouenji, among others. The Japanese subcultural phenomena that blur the boundary between professionals and amateurs for models, photographers, merchandisers and designers,…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 7/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



List of Plates and Tables


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Understanding Subcultural Studies: Dick Hebdige Revisited



Placing Tokyo on the Fashion Map: From Catwalk to Street Style



Japanese Youth in a Changing Society



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



The Power of the Youth: Trickle-Up/Bubble-Up Theory Revisited



The Deprofessionalization of Fashion



The Globalization of Japanese Subcultures and Fashion: Future Possibilities and Limitations


Conclusion: The Future of Japanese Subcultures


Appendix


Notes


References and Further Reading


Index