Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji

by Keith Houston

We are surrounded by emoji. They appear in politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emoji's impact has never been explored in full. Named for the world's most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji for the first time.

In this rollicking tech and pop culture history, Keith Houston follows emoji from their birth in 1990s Japan, traces their Western explosion in the 2000s, and considers emoji's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324075147
• ISBN13: 9781324075141
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages