Pink globalization : Hello Kitty's trek across the Pacific /

Yano, Christine Reiko.

Pink globalization : Hello Kitty's trek across the Pacific / Christine R. Yano. - London: Duke University Press, 2013 - xiv, 322 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.

Preface : 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.



9780822353515 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822353638 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Hello Kitty (Fictitious character)


Exports--Japan.
Character merchandising.
Globalization.


Japan--Commerce.

306.3 / Y24p