Tag: kawaii

• Pop Culture Lens on Hello Kitty

  

  In the thirty-third episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson (Seems Obvious to Me) and I welcome friend of the podcast Norma Jones to discuss the venerable pop culture brand that is Hello Kitty. In this episode, Norma and I position Hello Kitty not only as a pop icon but as a heroic […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  January 4, 2017

  Anime/Manga, Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom, Text Analysis

  communication, dialogue, empowerment, Feminism, Hello Kitty, heroes, Identification, inspiration, Japan, Japanese, kawaii, multiculturalism, omoiyari, perspective-taking, pluralism, Sanrio

• Representations of Women in Japanese and American Pop Culture

  (From a 2004 paper on a cross-cultural examination of the superheroine)             In their article on children and role models, Anderson and Cavallaro (2002) say that superheroes are “larger-than-life symbols of American values and ‘maleness’.” (p. 162).  From a socialization point of view, is there reason to be concerned about […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  August 1, 2012

  Anime/Manga, Critical/Cultural Studies, Superheroes

  anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Comic books, fantasy, InuYasha, kawaii, Lady Death, manga, Marvel Girl, representation of women, Sailor Moon, shojo, Superheroes, superheroines, The Slayers, The X-Men