Face with tears of joy : a natural history of emoji
Keith Houston (Author)
"A vibrant exploration of the world's newest language -- where it came from, how it works, and where it's going. We are surrounded by emoji. They permeate politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emoji's impact has never been explored in full. In this rollicking tech and pop culture history, Keith Houston follows emoji from their birth in 1990s Japan, traces their Western explosion in the 2000s, and considers the ever-expanding emoji lexicon. Named for the world's most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji for the first time" -- Back cover
Print Book, English, 2025
First edition
W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, 2025