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050 0 0 _aHF 3826.5 Y36 2013 JAPAN
100 1 _aYano, Christine Reiko.
245 1 0 _aPink globalization :
_bHello Kitty's trek across the Pacific /
_cChristine R. Yano.
264 1 _aDurham :
_bDuke University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axiv, 322 pages ;
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.
505 0 _aPreface : 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.
650 0 _aExports
_zJapan.
650 0 _aCharacter merchandising.
650 0 _aGlobalization.
651 0 _aJapan
_xCommerce.
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