Transcultural Flow of Demure Aesthetics: Examining Cultural Globalisation through Gothic & Lolita Fashion

The process of cultural globalisation does not always imply cultural homogenisation. Rather, it can be seen as a process of cultural ‘glocalisation’ and hybridisation where cultures continuously interact with and interpret each other to engender a hybrid cultural form. As Arjun Appadurai (1993) cont...

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Main Author: Masafumi Monden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2008-12-01
Series:New Voices
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Online Access:http://newvoices.org.au/volume-2/transcultural-flow-of-demure-aesthetics-examining-cultural-globalisation-through-gothic-lolita-fashion/