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Description: 2017. Animated using Adobe Photoshop.nnArtistic Statement:nn“モガ” (“moga”) illustrates the effects of modernization not only on Japan, but specifically on the Japanese woman, throughout the 1920s and ‘30s. During this time, there was a large amount of pressure for the woman to become “modern” along with the city in which she lived. However, when the woman would succumb to the pressures of modernity and adopt a short haircut, “Western” clothing, and a more mobile lifestyle, s
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