Made in cool Japan

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  • Published 20150804
  • ISBN: 978-1-922182-90-6
  • Extent: 264 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

I HAND MY passport and boarding pass to the officer at Brisbane International Airport and she notices I’m heading to Japan.

‘What do you do there?’ she asks.

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Sally McLaren

Sally McLaren lives in an old kimono factory in Kyoto and teaches media studies at Kwansei Gakuin University. Her research focuses on gender, media...

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