Power Play and Performance in Harajuku

This article analyses the structures and implications of Japan’s contemporary street fashion cultures, primarily those of Harajuku. Using Roland Barthes’ analogy of dress and dressing it situates the radical subcultural styles within traditional Japanese aesthetics and in a wider history of fashion....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amelia Groom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2011-01-01
Series:New Voices
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Online Access:http://newvoices.org.au/volume-4/power-play-and-performance-in-harajuku/