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Japanese Beauty Standards in Music and Fashion
12017-04-24T08:52:46-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd51748213How are Japanese beauty standards conveyed through alternative youth street fashions and pop music in Japan?plain2017-04-30T18:40:16-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5 In this path, I explore differing standards of beauty (specifically as they occur in music and fashion) in Japan. In the first section, I consider Korean beauty and its entrance into Japan via the Korean wave, finding that the spread of Korean media in Japan leads to its acceptance while simultaneously producing stereotypical views on Koreans as inherently “more pale” and thereby more beautiful. Next, I discuss idol culture and beauty, particularly as exemplified through the groups AKiss, X-21, and Especia. The first two groups ultimately utilize differing beauty standards to appeal to their fans, while the latter group falls short due to the intervention of their record label. The third section on shoujo or doll-like beauty discusses the ways that the pre and postwar shoujo are prevalent in today’s street fashions, and why this may or may not be problematic. On a related note, the fourth section includes personal experience interviewing Lolitas to argue that Lolita fashion might be best understood as having an insider/outsider approach to its beauty. Finally, section five, also closely related to section four, discusses Gothic beauty in Japan and how the funerary practice of wearing black is altogether different from the way that Gothic symbols are layered in Goth Loli fashion or piercings are added in Snakes and Earrings. All sections use multimedia in varying degrees to convey a very multi-faceted Japanese Beauty Regime.
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Kanehara, Hitomi. Snakes and Earrings (Hebi ni piasu). Trans. David James Karashima. New York: Plume, 2006. PDF.
Peirson-Smith, Anne. "Do Gothic Lolitas Just Wanna Have Fun? An Examination of the Goth-Loli Style Tribes in Hong Kong and Tokyo." Ed. Eoghain Hamilton. The Gothic - Probing the Boundaries. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary, 2012. 89-96. Critical Issues. Inter-Disciplinary.net, 2012. Web. 25 Mar. 2017.
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List of Images
The Osaka-based idol group Especia prior to their reduction to two members in late 2016. Digital image. JpopAsia. JpopAsia, n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
Sugihara watches Sakurai intently during one of their first meetings. Digital image. Jottings On Everything. WordPress.com, 01 June 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
Takehisa, Yumeji. Illustration by Takehisa Yumeji showing a doll-like shoujo. Digital image. Pinterest. Pinterest, n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
Nakahara, Junichi. Illustration by Junichi Nakahara showing a more lively shoujo, although still with a doll-like motif present. Digital image. Alaisk Murasaki. ALAISKMURASAKI, June 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
An example of tights made to look like the legs of a doll (ball-jointed tights). Digital image. F Yeah Lolita. Caro Dee, Oct. 2012. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
An example of the circle lenses used in Lolita fashion that make the pupils appear dilated, like those of a doll. Digital image. Uniqso Blog. Blogspot, Aug. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
A perfect example of Lolita fashion, with all or most parts of the outfit (coord) visible. Digital image. TokyoFaces.com. Tokyofaces, 27 Nov. 2011. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
An example of Gothic Lolita fashion from the popular street fashion blog TokyoFashion.com. Posted Nov. 19, 2016. Digital image. TokyoFashion.com. TokyoFashion.com, 19 Nov. 2016. Web. 26 Apr. 2017.
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12017-04-24T08:53:19-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5Korean Beauty in Japan23The Korean wave and its associated beauty standardplain2017-04-30T19:32:33-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5
12017-04-24T08:53:33-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5Idol Beauty10How are Japanese beauty standards conveyed through idol pop groups?plain2017-04-30T17:55:35-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5
12017-04-24T08:53:47-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5Shoujo and Doll-Like Beauty11How are Japanese beauty standards conveyed through incorporation of the shoujo and/or doll aesthetic in fashion?plain2017-04-30T17:57:24-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5
12017-04-24T08:54:02-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5Lolita Beauty10How are Japanese beauty standards conveyed through Lolita fashion?plain2017-04-30T17:59:50-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5
12017-04-24T08:54:20-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5Gothic Beauty12How are Japanese beauty standards conveyed through the Gothic?plain2017-04-30T18:01:41-07:00Samantha Johnsonba94341f7f152d466ec8e748c26e91be65369bd5
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