Full Description
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 Happy Hour, 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 josei 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.
Contents
List of Images and Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Itadakimasu! (Let's Eat!)
1. Girl Bands and Josei Rock, 1950s-1980s
2. Food, Gender, and Music in Postwar Japan
3. Shonen Knife's Songs in the Key of Food
4. Konnichiwa!: An Introduction to Happy Hour (1998) and its Cover Art
5. Happy Hour: Food, Music, and Transnational Flow
6. The Delicious Banality of "Banana Chips"
7. Sweet Candy Power: Shonen Knife and Their Josei Rock Legacy
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index
