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Joshua Paul Dale, "Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World" (Profile Books, 2023)

New Books in Psychology

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Cuteness and its Influence on Japanese and Western Culture

Explores the development of the Kawaii aesthetic in Japan and its impact on Western art and literature, from the lack of direct Western influence during the Edo period to the adoption of education and girls' culture in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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