In the Shadow of the Bomb: Nagasaki's Place in Atomic Memory

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dc.contributor.advisorMurphy, Angela
dc.contributor.authorMoles, Taylor
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBerlage, Nancy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSiegenthaler, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-21T20:37:59Z
dc.date.available2021-07-21T20:37:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the unique memory of Nagasaki formed after the atomic attack by the United States. Nagasaki’s Peace and Atomic Bomb Museum and the city’s narrative of the attacks are overshadowed by the narrative presented in Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. While Hiroshima has encapsulated its identity in nuclear disarmament and peace, Nagasaki’s memory encompasses the wide experiences of those impacted by the nuclear bomb and how their identities have grown. The relative lack of attention regarding Nagasaki’s experience with the atomic bomb has allowed its survivors to explore their memory of the bomb unhindered by a globalized or unified memory. Part of Nagasaki’s unique memoryscape is due to its position as a city of otherness. It is a city of people, culture, and religion foreign to Japan. This otherness opens the city up to broader memorialization. My thesis discusses Nagasaki’s atomic literature, the differences between the two cities’ museums, and the memorialized objects in Nagasaki’s landscape.
dc.description.departmentHistory
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent61 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationMoles, T. (2021). <i>In the shadow of the bomb: Nagasaki's place in atomic memory</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/14041
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectMemory studies
dc.subjectHiroshima
dc.subjectNagasaki
dc.subjectAtomic memory
dc.subjectAtomic bomb
dc.subjectWorld War Two
dc.subjectPacific War
dc.subjectDark tourism
dc.titleIn the Shadow of the Bomb: Nagasaki's Place in Atomic Memory
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentHistory
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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