Shadows of Nagasaki trauma, religion, and memory after the atomic bombing
A critical introduction to how the Nagasaki atomic bombing has been remembered, especially in contrast to that of Hiroshima.In the decades following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, the city s residents processed their trauma and formed narratives of the destruction and reconstructi...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Fordham University Press
2024
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | World War II: The global, human, and ethical dimension
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| Schlagworte: |
Asian history
> Asiatische Geschichte
> HISTORY / Asia / Japan
> Japanese
> Japanisch
> Katholizismus, römisch-katholische Kirche
> LIT024050
> LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese
> Literary studies: from c 1900 -
> Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000
> RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
> Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
> Japan
> Nagasaki
> Aufsatzsammlung
> Atombombenabwurf auf Nagasaki
> Kollektives Gedächtnis
> Erinnerungsort
> Kunst
> Literatur
> Religion
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| Zusammenfassung: | A critical introduction to how the Nagasaki atomic bombing has been remembered, especially in contrast to that of Hiroshima.In the decades following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, the city s residents processed their trauma and formed narratives of the destruction and reconstruction in ways that reflected their regional history and social makeup. In doing so, they created a multi-layered urban identity as an atomic-bombed city that differed markedly from Hiroshima s image. Shadows of Nagasaki traces how Nagasaki s trauma, history, and memory of the bombing manifested through some of the city s many post-atomic memoryscapes, such as literature, religious discourse, art, historical landmarks, commemorative spaces, and architecture. In addition, the book pays particular attention to how the city s history of international culture, exemplified best perhaps by the region s Christian (especially Catholic) past, informed its response to the atomic trauma and shaped its postwar urban identity. Key historical actors in the volume s chapters include writers, Japanese- Catholic leaders, atomic-bombing survivors (known as hibakusha), municipal officials, American occupation personnel, peace activists, artists, and architects. The story of how these diverse groups of people processed and participated in the discourse surrounding the legacies of Nagasaki s bombing shows how regional history, culture, and politics-rather than national ones-become the most influential factors shaping narratives of destruction and reconstruction after mass trauma. In turn, and especially in the case of urban destruction, new identities emerge and old ones are rekindled, not to serve national politics or social interests but to bolster narratives that reflect local circumstances Note on Japanese Names | xiIntroduction: Imagining Nagasaki: Religion and History in Postatomic MemoryscapesChad R. Diehl | 1Part I: Catholic ResponsesThe "Saint" of Urakami: Nagai Takashi and Early Representations of the Atomic ExperienceChad R. Diehl | 33Loving Your Neighbor across the Sea:The Reception of the Work of Nagai Takashi in the Republic of KoreaHaeseong Park and Franklin Rausch | 70Faith, Family, Earth, and the Atomic Bomb in the Art of Nagai TakashiAnthony Richard Haynes | 93"Love Saves from Isolation": Ozaki ToÅmei and His Journey from Nagasaki to Auschwitz and BackGwyn McClelland | 112Part II: Literature and Testimony"Nagasaki" in Akutagawa Ryu±nosuke's Taisho-Era Literary ImaginationAnri Yasuda | 131Lambs of God, Ravens of Death, Rafts of Corpses:Three Visions of Trauma in Nagasaki Survivor PoetryChad R. Diehl | 151Listening to the Dead and Filling the Void: The Prayer and Activism of Akizuki TatsuichiroMaika Nakao | 179Breaking New Ground in Nagasaki: Seirai Yuichi's Ground Zero LiteratureMichele M. Mason | 191Part III: Sites of MemoryFragmented Memory:The Scattering of the Urakami Cathedral Ruins among Nagasaki's Memorial LandscapeAnna Gasha | 215One Fine Day: The Allied Occupation of Nagasaki and "Madame Butterfly House"Brian Burke-Gaffney | 243The Titan and the Arch:Regulating Public Memory through the Peace StatueNanase Shirokawa | 264Part IV: ReflectionsHow I Came to Criticize Nagai Takashi's Urakami Holocaust TheoryShinji Takahashi | 295On Rereleasing The Bells of Nagasaki to the WorldTokusaburo Nagai | 312Acknowledgments | 319List of Contributors | 323Index | 327 |
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| Beschreibung: | ix, 346 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781531504960 978-1-5315-0496-0 |