Shonen Knife's Happy Hour - (33 1/3 Japan) by Brooke McCorkle Okazaki (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Shonen Knife-an all-female punk trio from Osaka, Japan-cultivated a global fan base that has included the likes of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. Their 1998 album <i>Happy Hour, </i>filled with tunes about delicacies ranging from sushi to banana chips, encapsulates the band's charming fusion of cuteness with punk rock cool. Tracing histories of food and <i>josei</i>rock in Japan, McCorkle Okazaki outlines the ways Shonen Knife has, over the last forty years, consistently used seemingly straightforward songs about food to comment on gender stereotypes in popular culture<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Brooke McCorkle Okazaki </b>is Assistant Professor of Music at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. McCorkle Okazaki co-authored the book <i>Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema </i>(2018) with Sean Rhoads. In it, they explore the various ways Japanese monster movies address contemporary ecological concerns. Thanks to a Japan Foundation Fellowship, McCorkle Okazaki is currently completing her next book, <i>Searching for Wagner in Japan.</i>
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