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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The Japan Foundation, Sydney
2011-01-01
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| description | 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. Examining various motifs from kawaisa to uniforms, cross-dressing, masks and the politics of second-hand fashion, it deals with theories of authenticity, appearance and agency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfdde5ff73c1492db3efe84c6e2ec61a2022-12-22T00:44:03ZengThe Japan Foundation, SydneyNew Voices1833-52332204-194X2011-01-01418821410.21159/nv.04.09Power Play and Performance in HarajukuAmelia Groom0University of Technology, SydneyThis 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. Examining various motifs from kawaisa to uniforms, cross-dressing, masks and the politics of second-hand fashion, it deals with theories of authenticity, appearance and agency.http://newvoices.org.au/volume-4/power-play-and-performance-in-harajuku/Fashion; Harajuku; performance; social and cultural identity; subculture; popular culture |
| spellingShingle | Amelia Groom Power Play and Performance in Harajuku New Voices Fashion; Harajuku; performance; social and cultural identity; subculture; popular culture |
| title | Power Play and Performance in Harajuku |
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| title_short | Power Play and Performance in Harajuku |
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| topic | Fashion; Harajuku; performance; social and cultural identity; subculture; popular culture |
| url | http://newvoices.org.au/volume-4/power-play-and-performance-in-harajuku/ |
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