Journal article
The Image of the Atomic Bomb's Mushroom Cloud in Picture Books for Children
Altitude: an e-journal of emerging humanities work, Vol.10, pp.1-13
2012
Abstract
In The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image (1998), Leonard Shlain contends that the dissemination of the mushroom cloud image following the detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima saved humankind from collective death by serving as a warning to of a future Armageddon. The image of the mushroom cloud is now over 50 years old and may well have lost its power to serve as a deterrent to the future use of the atomic bomb. Given that the children of today could constitute the future generation that might initiate nuclear warfare, this paper investigates how writers and illustrators of children's picture books have taken up the warning against the threat of atomic warfare, with particular reference to the significance of the iconic image of the mushroom cloud in that genre.
Details
- Title
- The Image of the Atomic Bomb's Mushroom Cloud in Picture Books for Children
- Authors
- Gary Crew (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Altitude: an e-journal of emerging humanities work, Vol.10, pp.1-13
- Publisher
- A P I Network
- Date published
- 2012
- ISSN
- 1444-1160; 1444-1160
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449970202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
- Research Statement
- false
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