HIS374H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hiroshima Maidens, Nuclear Technology, Consumerism
Document Summary
Intersection of medical science and internaiotnal affairs, again. Alternative use of technology (atomic destruction versus building new bodies) Hiroshima maidens as structuring ideas about gender and national identity in japan. The role of the us dept. of state in managing americans" ideas about nuclear power by erasing the human trauma of the bomb through emphasizing architecture, city planning, and design. Growing role of visual culture in american news. Changing role of plastic surgery in american popular consciousness. Kiyoshi organized a weekly support group for women victims of the hiroshima bomb. Families hid these women from view because of their wounds and disfigurement. Norman (publisher and editor of saturday review) goes to hiroshima and does a sponsor program for children and orphans. They decide on a plan that involves sponsorships from the us government to use plastic surgery in order to help the women. Kiyoshi had a more christian perspective about this project: charity, helping women.
