Gwyn McClelland

Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki (eBook, PDF)

Prayers, Protests and Catholic Survivor Narratives

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

On 9th August 1945, the US dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Of the dead, approximately 8500 were Catholic Christians, representing over sixty percent of the community. In this collective biography, nine Catholic survivors share personal and compelling stories about the aftermath and their lives since that day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429556517
• Artikelnr.: 57694620

Autorenporträt

Gwyn McClelland holds a Master of Divinity from the University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Japanese history from Monash University. He is the winner of the 2019 John Legge prize for best thesis in Asian Studies, awarded by the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Legacy of Survival 1. Fissures 2. Survivors 3. Bodies Part 2:
Reinterpreting the Bomb: Archetype, Monument and Cry 4. Providential Atomic
Bomb? 5. A-Bombed Mary 6. Urakami Cathedral: A Fifth Persecution 7. Water!
Atomic Cries and Echoes of the Past Part 3: Memory's Future 8. Dangerous
Hope 9. Lament, Anger and Protest 10. Conclusion