Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age: Exploring the Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Paperback

by Roman Rosenbaum (Editor), Yasuko Claremont (Editor)

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.

Author Biography

Roman Rosenbaum, PhD is an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney, Australia. He specialises in Postwar Japanese Literature, Popular Cultural Studies and translation. His latest research publication includes The Representation of Japanese Politics in Manga: The Visual Literacy of Statecraft (Routledge, 2020).

Yasuko Claremont, PhD in Japanese literature, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, was curator for the exhibition, Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age, April/May 2022 at the Tin Sheds Gallery. Her forthcoming book, The Asia Pacific War: Impact, Legacy, and Reconciliation, will be published by Routledge.