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Figure 70: Nori Tomizaki, Strings, digital painting, c. 2004 – 2006
Figure 71 Nori Tomizaki, Kyuutai Kansetsu Shiki (ball-jointed type): Tomoe 2
(Photographer Asuka Ishii, model Tomoe)
Digitally manipulated photograph, c. 2004 – 2006
But why is there this widespread attraction to dolls in Japan? And why
do women choose to represent themselves as doll-like Lolita? What does the
Cult of the Lolita mean? And what is the significance? These questions will
be addressed in the following chapters, the emphasis of this thesis, which is,
essentially, a critique of the Japanese Lolita subculture and an analysis of the
psychology and motivations behind it.
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