Word: hellos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...HELLO, BOMBAY South Asian culture descends on the United States...
...entertainment, news and cable), hasn't forgotten the interview Katie Couric did with President George H.W. Bush in October 1992. Still a relative newcomer as Today co-anchor, she was getting a tour of the White House from Barbara Bush when the President stopped by for a surprise hello. Interviews with Presidents usually entail days of research and lists of questions. Couric, on the fly, kept him going for nearly 20 minutes with small talk and tough questions on the upcoming election. "I was in the control room trying to help," says Zucker, "but mostly just watching in amazement...
...Lipoff ’04 says that while “cuteness is everywhere in Japan,” it has hardly been recognized as a serious subject in academia. Lipoff says that, in the West, there is a great amount of cynicism and myth surrounding Hello Kitty and Japanese cute culture, as evidenced by the debate surrounding Kitty’s lack of mouth. Some believe it’s symbolic of the patriarchal silencing of Asian women, though the Sanrio Corporation explains that it is because Hello Kitty speaks from her heart, not her mouth.The western...
...Japan as “very dark, very tough,” offering an explanation of the popularity of kawaii as a reaction to this toughness. Meanwhile, Thorn suggested that kawaii is used as “a playful parody of a patriarchal culture.” Hello Kitty as the face of resistance? Maybe...
Yuichi Washida, a consumer researcher and M.I.T visiting scholar, discussed the important influence that cute culture has on technology. Young women, labeled “kogals,” are the driving force behind the Hello Kitty genre as well as cell phone culture—the market size for “chaku-melo,” or trendy ring tone services, has reached one billion dollars and is poised to compete with annual cd sales revenue.The range of conference attendees reflected Hello Kitty’s mass appeal. Among those in attendance were anthropologists and market researchers...