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Tracing the global circulation and consumption of Hello Kitty, Christine R. Yano analyzes the spread of Japanese ""cute-cool"" culture, which she sees as combining kitsch with an ironic self-referentiality.

Character merchandising. --- Exports -- Japan. --- Globalization. --- Hello Kitty (Fictitious character). --- Japan -- Commerce. --- Exports --- Character merchandising --- Globalization --- Japanese consumer culture. --- Japanese pop culture. --- cool Japan. --- cute culture. --- feminist reinterpretations. --- feminized consumerism. --- girlhood studies. --- global capitalism. --- transnational culture flows.

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In recent decades, emerging scholarship in the field of girlhood studies has led to a particular interest in dolls as sources of documentary evidence. Deconstructing Dolls pushes the boundaries of doll studies by expanding the definition of dolls, ages of doll players, sites of play, research methods, and application of theory. By utilizing a variety of new approaches, this collected volume seeks to understand the historical and contemporary significance of dolls and girlhood play, particularly as they relate to social meanings in the lives of girls and young women across race, age, time, and culture.

Girls. --- Sex role in children. --- Dolls --- Play --- Social aspects. --- American Girl (Firm). --- american girl doll. --- american girl. --- anthropology. --- barbie doll. --- barbies. --- beauty. --- black dolls. --- bratz dolls. --- childrens studies. --- cultural social. --- documentary evidence. --- doll players. --- doll studies. --- dolls. --- emerging scholarship. --- engaging. --- family. --- gender studies. --- generational. --- girlhood studies. --- growing up. --- life changes. --- lifetime. --- page turner. --- realistic. --- retrospective. --- romance. --- sites of play. --- social importance. --- social meanings. --- social science. --- sociology. --- students and teachers. --- women and girls. --- womens issues. --- young womanhood. --- young women.