Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1. Cute as a Weapon of Mass Seduction 1
6. 2. Spooked in the Garden of Eden 19
7. 3. Cute as an Uncertainty Principle 31
8. 4. Mickey Mouse and the Cuteness Continuum 50
9. 5. Kawaii: The New Japanese Imperium 59
10. 6. The Cuteness of Kim Jong- il 92
11. 7. Cute and the Uncanny 103
12. 8. What’s Wrong with Cute Anthropomorphism? 110
13. 9. Cute and the Monstrous: The Case of Donald Trump 128
14. 10. Cute and the New Cult of the Child 137
15. 11. Survival of the Cutest 151
16. 12. Cute and Kitsch: Identical Twins? 158
17. 13. Exiting the Cult of Sincerity 169
18. 14. “Lifetime Is a Child at Play” 182
19. Acknowledgments 189
20. Notes 193
21. Bibliography 219
22. Index 231