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Nuking New York: Relocating Ground Zero from Hiroshima to New York City in the American Imagination
| Location: | New York, United States |
| Lecture Date: | 2011-09-06 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-08-30 |
| Announcement ID: |
187515 |
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Paradoxically, since the day of the bombing of Hiroshima imagery of a nuclear attack on New York City has become ubiquitous in America. This panel discussion will examine the history and forces behind such imagery in American culture. These fictional representations reveal an almost instant sense of vulnerability of Americans to nuclear weapons at a time when they were sole possessors of the weapons, and also functioned to shift the perception of the United States from perpetrator of an actual nuclear attack to that of the potential victim of an imagined attack. This panel discussion is offered in collaboration with the Nuke York, New York exhibition being held at Hartell Gallery.
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Suzanne Kolodziej
sk378@einaudi.cornell.edu
4:30 - 7:00 pm
Kaufhmann Auditorium (GWS Hall)
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Email: jacobs@peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp
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