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Film analysis;motion pictures;Japanese anime;US live action cinema;1980's American culture;1980's Japanese culture;nuclear weapons;atomic bomb;nuclear holocaust;World War II;Barefoot Gen (Motion picture); Barefoot Gen 2 (Motion picture);Grave of the Fireflies (Motion picture);The Day After (Motion picture);Testament (Motion picture); Miracle Mile (Motion picture);Hiroshima in motion pictures;nuclear warfare in motion pictures;animated films;action and adventure films
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Hiding Hiroshima, Adam T. Fernandes
Hiding Hiroshima, Adam T. Fernandes
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
Explores the representation of nuclear weapons in Japanese anime and US live action cinema in the 1980's, using methods from cultural studies. Examines, specifically, the silences and contradictions of the selected films to reveal the cultural ideologies of Japan and the United States during the time in which the films were produced. Analyzes the Japanese animated films, Barefoot Gen, Barefoot Gen 2, and Grave of the Fireflies, and the American live action films, The Day After, Testament, and Miracle Mile.