the 'Inheritance' of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Rethinking Bombings towards a Post Survivor World

An innovative exploration of the legacies of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and the contestation of memories in the two cities and beyond. ith 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this timely study focuses on the challenge of keisho or "inheritance" and the way a new generation of scholars and activists is re-examining the meaning of the A-bomb and the 80-year history of commemoration and activism in the stricken cities. Comprising a team of scholars based in the USA and Japan, many of whom are academics from this new generation, The"Inheritance" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki takes a critical look at a range of historical topics from the 80-year history of post-atomic Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and beyond. By examining both global connections and the local history of the two cities, this book extricates memory from a national Japanese perspective, rethinking the history of survivors, their experience, and their movement and exploring material culture and the problem of inheritance and legacy.

Pagina's: 288, Hardcover, Bloomsbury Academic