Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girl's Culture in Japan

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riendship assionate The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan Deborah Shamoon University of Hawai‘i Press Honolulu P F © 2012 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 17 16 15 14 13 12 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shamoon, Deborah Michelle. Passionate friendship : the aesthetics of girls’ culture in Japan / Deborah Shamoon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8248-3542-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8248-3638-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Comic books, strips, etc.—Japan—History and criticism. 2. Teenage girls— Books and reading—Japan—History—20th century. 3. Teenage girls in popular culture—Japan—History—20th century. I. Title. PN6790.J3S283 2011 305.235’20952—dc23 2011037327 Publication of this book is made possible in part by support from the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Designed by Mardee Melton Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc. ...