{"id":572,"date":"2012-07-10T06:28:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T06:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=572"},"modified":"2020-04-19T19:39:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T11:39:03","slug":"embracing-victimhood-a-history-a-bomb-manga-japan-masashi-ichiki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=572","title":{"rendered":"Embracing the Victimhood: A History of A-Bomb Manga in Japan, by Masashi Ichiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vol. 7, No. 3 (2011): 35\u201352.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This paper examines the representations of the A-bomb and its victims in Japanese manga. While Keiji Nakazawa&#8217;s Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen) stands tall in this genre, the brief look at the history of A-bomb manga in Japan will reveal that the nuclear bombs that killed more than a quarter million people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been a popular topic in Japanese manga and has manifested in variety of manga genres. In overviewing the history of A-bomb manga in Japan, this paper aims to explore the social connotations of A-bomb manga. I wish to show that Japanese manga is a major vehicle in promoting and proliferating the Genbaku Otome, or A-bomb beauties myth. This myth lies at the centre of the Japanese imagination of the A-bomb victims and which contributes significantly to the establishment of the social notion of victimisation in post-war Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author&#8217;s bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Masashi Ichiki is a professor of English and Multimedia Studies in Chikushi Jogakuen University, Fukuoka, Japan. Among his publications are \u201cDemystifying a Postwar Myth,\u201d Dekalog 4 (Wallflower Press) and \u201cBo-kyo-suru Manga,\u201d Ekkyo-suru Manga (Sekai Siso Sha).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Download\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Masashi Ichiki: A-Bomb Manga\" href=\"http:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AbombManga-MasashiIchiki.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download full article (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vol. 7, No. 3 (2011): 35\u201352. Abstract This paper examines the representations of the A-bomb and its victims in Japanese manga. 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