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A Collection Of The Author's Essays From The New York Times And The
Magazine Horizon.
With technical mastery and remarkable empathy, Canaday introduces
readers to the people involved in the creation and testing of the
first atomic bomb, from initial theoretical conversations to the
secretive work at Los Alamos. Critical Assembly also includes brief
biographies, notes, and a bibliography for further exploration
about this critical event in world history.
From the dawn of the atomic age, art and popular culture have
played an essential role interpreting nuclear issues to the public
and investigating the implications of nuclear weapons to the future
of human civilization. Political and social forces often seemed
paralyzed in thinking beyond the advent of nuclear weapons and
articulating a creative response to the dilemma posed by this
apocalyptic technology. Art and popular culture are uniquely suited
to grapple with the implications of the bomb and the disruptions in
the continuity of traditional narratives about the human future
endemic to the atomic age. Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future
explores the diversity of visions evoked in American and Japanese
society by the mushroom cloud hanging over the future of humanity
during the last half of the twentieth century. It presents
historical scholarship on art and popular culture alongside the
work of artists responding to the bomb, as well as artists
discussing their own work. From the effect of nuclear testing on
sci-fi movies during the mid-fifties in both the U.S. and Japan, to
the socially engaged visual discussion about power embodied in
Japanese manga, Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future takes
readers into unexpected territory
From the dawn of the atomic age, art and popular culture have
played an essential role interpreting nuclear issues to the public
and investigating the implications of nuclear weapons to the future
of human civilization. Political and social forces often seemed
paralyzed in thinking beyond the advent of nuclear weapons and
articulating a creative response to the dilemma posed by this
apocalyptic technology. Art and popular culture are uniquely suited
to grapple with the implications of the bomb and the disruptions in
the continuity of traditional narratives about the human future
endemic to the atomic age. Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future
explores the diversity of visions evoked in American and Japanese
society by the mushroom cloud hanging over the future of humanity
during the last half of the twentieth century. It presents
historical scholarship on art and popular culture alongside the
work of artists responding to the bomb, as well as artists
discussing their own work. From the effect of nuclear testing on
sci-fi movies during the mid-fifties in both the U.S. and Japan, to
the socially engaged visual discussion about power embodied in
Japanese manga, Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future takes
readers into unexpected territory
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