Art and activism in the nuclear age : exploring the legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / edited by Roman Rosenbaum and Yasuko Claremont.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenbaum, Roman, editor.

Claremont, Yasuko, 1944- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and social action.

Antinuclear movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, England : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

This book explores the contemporary legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the passage of three quarters of a century, and the role of art and activism in maintaining a critical perspective on the dangers of the nuclear age.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: The Raison D'être of the Arts in the Nuclear World

2 Anti-Nuclear Movements and Education for Peace and Human Rights

3 Interrogating the Nuclear Industry, Local and Global: Tsushima Yūko's Post-3.11 Writing

4 Contemporary Perspectives on the Nuclear World, Seventy-Five Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Manga as Nuclear Art

5 Anti-Nuclear Activism through the Arts in Japan

6 Hiroshima Museums: Atomic Artefacts on the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary

7 Silence and Resilience: Commemorating Nagasaki Alongside the "Extraordinary Noise" of the Olympics and Under the Covid-19 "Mushroom Cloud"

8 An Apocalypse through Australian Eyes: The Art and Objets Trouvés of Occupied Hiroshima

9 Genbaku Legacy in Post-3.11 Japan: Ōta Yōko and Yoshida Chia

10 The Unquiet Legacy of Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia

11 Scientific Activism in the Nuclear Age: Atuhiro Sibatini and the Ranger Uranium Mine

12 Epilogue: Celebrating Nuclear Activism and the Power of the Individual

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-332039-2

1-003-32039-2

1-000-87881-3

9781003320395

OCLC:

1374428377