The Beauty of the Gods: Engagement with Laura Mark’s “Authenticating Hafu Identities on Instagram"
Abstract
I would like to begin by thanking Laura Mark (2025) for her thoughtful and provocative research on hafugods—an Instagram account for persons claiming half-Japanese identities. In her article, Mark convincingly employs the frame of small stories research in order to examine the interactional dynamics of moderating, bio-posting, commenting, and liking on hafugods.
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Mark, L. (2025). Authenticating practices on Instagram for mixed-Japanese identity and community construction: A case study of hafugods. Narrative Works: 13(2): 116-148.
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