<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>I apologise for self-promotion, but my new (and first) book has just been released. The book, <i>Japanese Fashion Cultures</i> (Bloomsbury Academic, 2014), which is based on my doctoral thesis, examines a complex relationship between the aesthetics of fashion, culture and gender identity
within contemporary Japan, and its relevance to a transnational world. <br><br>This book will be ideal for any of you who teach gender and popular culture, the body and dress, and cultural globalization, let alone contemporary Japanese/Asian cultures. More details can be found at the publisher's website <a href="http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/japanese-fashion-cultures-9781472532800/">http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/japanese-fashion-cultures-9781472532800/</a><br><br></div>Thanks and I hope you enjoy reading it.<br><br></div>Kind regards,<br><br></div>Masafumi<br><br></div>Masafumi Monden, PhD<br></div>Research Associate<br></div>The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Built-environment<br></div>University of Technology, Sydney<br><a href="https://uts.academia.edu/MasafumiMonden">https://uts.academia.edu/MasafumiMonden</a><br>
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