cuteness

Japan

Japanese culture

passivity

reproduction of immaturity

vulnerability

nationality

American

occupation / innovator as

anthropologist

innovator in the field of

anthropology of Japan

East Asian studies

Japan studies

social change

urban social spaces

anthropologist of Japan

anthropology

, in Japan, is characteristic of something vulnerable, something to be taken care of and cuddled.

White notes that 'cute' characterizes anything or anyone that is 'sweet, happy, and upbeat ' and vulnerable, something to be taken care of and cuddled' (1994: 126).

is the idea that little is expected from sons or daughters in Japanese so that they can achieve academically.

White has referred to as the 'reproduction of immaturity,' many middleand upper-middle-class housewives expect little from either their sons or daughters in terms of domestic chores, because they feel they should protect them through the long ordeal of exam preparation necessary for academic advancement (2002: 142-43). (in Borovoy)

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