Naho TANIMOTO-SEKI

Professor
Kansai University

Naho Tanimoto-Seki is Professor at the Faculty of Informatics of the Kansai University in Japan. She got a PhD. in Cultural Sociology from the Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan. She specialized in Cultural Sociology and was awarded a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Principal Investigator of "Appearance Attitudes in Cosmetics Surveys: Lookism and Ageism" (2022 – 2025).

Research theme: Investigation of cosmetic surgery, Investigation of romantic discourse, Analysis of manga and anime.

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Collaboration avec la FFJ

2024 Visiting researcher
Stay: 22 March 2024 - 28 March 2024

Naho Tanimoto-Seki has been conducting research on cosmetic surgery for over 20 years. She is now planning to conduct a study on women's aesthetics with FFJ, and also aims to foster young researchers who want to conduct related research.

Selection of publications

- Author (single author), "The Communication of Cosmetic Surgery" (Kadensha 2018)

- Author (single author), "The Sociology of Cosmetic Surgery and Makeup" (Shinyosha 2008)

- Author (single author), "The Sociology of Love" (Seikyusha 2008)

- Co-editors of "Bodilyizing Media/Mediatizing Bodies" (Fudensha 2018)