‘False Dichotomies and Neo-Orientalism: Sartorial Crises in the Self-Fashioning of Youth Identities via Internet Subculture’
THIS ARTICLE WILL DISCUSS THE IDEA OF PEOPLE ON THE INTERNETS OTHERING THE JAPANESE NATION VIA APPROPRIATED SNIPPETS OF POP-CULTURE AND CREATING JAPAN-AS-HETEROTOPIA WHICH IS SHAPED BY THE VERY SPACE AND NATURE OF THE INTERNET AND ITS CONVENTIONS. THEMES OF ORIENTALISM, EMPIRE, GENDER, RACE, OTHERING, APPROPRIATION, HYBRIDITY AND THE COMMODITY FETISH WILL BE EXPLORED AND PROBLEMATISED IN THE CONTEXT OF LOLITA FASHION. CAPSLOCK AND LOLCATSPEAK WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT IN A SELF-REFLEXIVE MANNER WHERE WE ARE FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE INTERNET’S EFFECTS ON SO-CALLED MEATSPACE.
Usually articles on Lolita fashion are so boooring. It’s all about scarily fetishising the Japanese people until they are no more than harmless, cute little kawaii desu ne Azns who simply make things for the Snowface empire to consume. I HAVE DECIDED TO DECONSTRUCT THIS IN A MOCK JARGON-FILLED OUTLINE OF A HYPOTHETICAL ARTICLE THAT WILL NEVER BE WRITTEN.
…A HYPOTHETICAL ARTICLE THAT WILL NEVER BE WRITTEN.
SADFACING FOREVER D8
(Source: torayot)
