Face with Tears of Joy

A vibrant exploration of the worlds newest languagewhere it came from, how it works, and where its going.We are surrounded by emoji. They appear in politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emojis impact has never been explored in full. In this rollicking tech and pop culture history, Keith Houston follows emoji from its birth in 1990s Japan, traces its Western explosion in the 2000s, and considers emojis ever-expanding lexicon. Named for the worlds most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji for the first time.