Fashioning Japanese Subcultures: Decentralization and Diversification as Neotribes

by Yuniya Kawamura

This second edition brings the definitive empirical work on Japanese youth fashion subcultures up-to-date for the 2020s, featuring three new chapters and essential updates in light of new fieldwork and globalized digital media. Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Tokyo and illustrated with striking color images, Fashioning Japanese Subcultures gives a unique insight into how and why subcultures evolve and what they mean to their members. Defined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350436631
• ISBN13: 9781350436633
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"