Yano, Christine Reiko

Pink globalization : Hello Kitty's trek across the Pacific / Christine R. Yano. - Durham [u.a.] : Duke Univ. Press, 2013. - XIV, 322 S. : Ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface : grabbing the cat by its tail, or how the cat grabbed me -- Introduction : kitty-Japan-global -- Kitty at home : Kawaii culture and the Kyarakuta business -- Marketing global kitty : strategies to sell friendship and "happiness" -- Global kitty: here, there, nearly everywhere -- Kitty backlash: what's wrong with cute? -- Kitty subversions: pink as the new black -- Playing with kitty : serious art in surprising places -- Japan's cute-cool as global wink -- Appendix. Sanrio and Hello Kitty timeline..

9780822353638 (pbk.) alk. paper 9780822353515 (cloth) alk. paper

2013005285


Hello Kitty 1974-
Hello Kitty (Fictitious character)


Pop-Kultur
Globalisierung
Exports--Japan
Character merchandising
Globalization


Japan
Japan--Commerce

Kultur Kulturgeschichte Character merchandising Globalization ფიქტიური პერსონაჟები hello kitty - მარიონეტები იაპონიის კულტურა - პოპკულტურა - ისტორია გლობალიზაცია იაპონია - ვაჭრობა - ექსპორტი

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