Toby Slade
Biographic Data
| ID | 4103844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toby Slade |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toby |
| FAMILY NAME | Slade |
| SIGNATURE | SLADE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Tokyo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5889-9472 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Decolonizing Luxury Fashion in Japan
Japan went from consuming more foreign luxury fashion brands than the rest of the world combined in the late 1980s to a complete rethinking of both the concept and practice of luxury after the bursting of its economic bubble. One key sensibility that arose was that of surōraifu, a Japanese word after the English “slow life.” This esthetic, expressing the slowing down of time, was part of rising cultural nationalism but also represented a delinkin…
A History of Popular Culture in Japan
Reviewed by: A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present by E. Taylor Atkins Toby Slade (bio) A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present. By E. Taylor Atkins. Bloomsbury, London, 2017. xii, 276 pages. $88.00, cloth; $29.95, paper; $26.95, E-book. Although this title promises a history incorporating the present, if you are looking for Pokémon, you are in for a long wait…
Introducing Japanese Popular Culture
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book imparts enduring lessons that popular culture teaches about history, international relations, business, class, gender, sexuality, art, novelty, nostalgia, humanism, nationalism, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, urbanization, and notions of "home." It helps students become aware of how they themselves engage with Japanese popula…
Introducing Japanese Popular Culture
Jordan Sand, Tokyo Vernacular
My own experience of coming to Tokyo for the first time was, as it was also no doubt for countless others, initial disappointment upon discovering a city with very few grand vistas or central piazz
Andrew Gordon, Fabricating Consumers
Overdressed
Decolonizing Luxury Fashion in Japan
Japan went from consuming more foreign luxury fashion brands than the rest of the world combined in the late 1980s to a complete rethinking of both the concept and practice of luxury after the bursting of its economic bubble. One key sensibility that arose was that of surōraifu, a Japanese word after the English “slow life.” This esthetic, expressing the slowing down of time, was part of rising cultural nationalism but also represented a delinkin…
Overdressed
Jordan Sand, Tokyo Vernacular
My own experience of coming to Tokyo for the first time was, as it was also no doubt for countless others, initial disappointment upon discovering a city with very few grand vistas or central piazz
Andrew Gordon, Fabricating Consumers
Introducing Japanese Popular Culture
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book imparts enduring lessons that popular culture teaches about history, international relations, business, class, gender, sexuality, art, novelty, nostalgia, humanism, nationalism, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, urbanization, and notions of "home." It helps students become aware of how they themselves engage with Japanese popula…
Introducing Japanese Popular Culture
A History of Popular Culture in Japan
Reviewed by: A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present by E. Taylor Atkins Toby Slade (bio) A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present. By E. Taylor Atkins. Bloomsbury, London, 2017. xii, 276 pages. $88.00, cloth; $29.95, paper; $26.95, E-book. Although this title promises a history incorporating the present, if you are looking for Pokémon, you are in for a long wait…
Decolonizing Luxury Fashion in Japan
Japan went from consuming more foreign luxury fashion brands than the rest of the world combined in the late 1980s to a complete rethinking of both the concept and practice of luxury after the bursting of its economic bubble. One key sensibility that arose was that of surōraifu, a Japanese word after the English “slow life.” This esthetic, expressing the slowing down of time, was part of rising cultural nationalism but also represented a delinkin…
Art (5 works) · Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Art history (2 works) · Business (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works)