Articles written by Amy Lai
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Crazy for Monchhichi
A history of Monchhichi and little-known tidbits.
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Acne and Food
This essay offers insights into acne treatment which might have remained unknown to the Western reader.
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Does Children's Literature Exist?
The popularity of Harry Potter might have hinged on its formulaic plots and stereotypes. This view has implications for children's literature in a consumerist society.
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What to buy in Austria
It is very difficult to look for something truly special or unique in Austria, as in other countries. Yet one only needs to look closer in familiar places.
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Becoming Hello Kitty
This essay makes use of Deleuzian concept of becoming to explore the pleasures of young women who dress up in Hello Kitty fashion or even Hello Kitty costumes in parties.
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Blue's Clues Meets Hello Kitty
The meeting of the Amerian dog and the Japanese kitty in the joint venture opens up new meanings in the cliquish, handy metaphor of cultural synthesis and harmony.
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Ignoring Hello Kitty
This essay explores globalization and resistance in Austria by using the Japanese cartoon character, Hello Kitty, as a case study.
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Hello Kitty Secret House 2006
Slavoj Zizek's theories shed light on the secret entailed in the Hello Kitty Secret House 2006 in Hong Kong.
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