Dale, Joshua Paul ^{Person Individualisierte Person}

Joshua Paul Dale specializes in the new field of cute studies. A professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Tokyo Gakugei University, he is a co-editor of The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness (Routledge 2016). Dale is the editor of “Cute Studies,” a special issue of The East Asian Journal of Popular Culture (April 2016, Vol. 2.1) In addition, he is the author and curator of the Cute Studies Bibliography, an online resource for scholars working in this emerging area. Dale is currently writing on cute affect, cuteness in performative subcultures, and the global spread of Japanese kawaii culture.