Department or Program
Asian Studies
Abstract
Double consciousness is the idea of being aware of both social and personal identity and how displaying one personality over another can affect how you are treated. I am using myself and my own experiences as a lens to explain the discrimination Japanese people and foreigners in Japan were treated after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in 1945. While researching for this paper, I realized that hibakusha, people affected by nuclear radiation from the bomb, are added on as a new identity, and I discovered how this new identity, for different groups of identities, changes the way they are perceived by their neighbors and perpetrators.
Level of Access
Open Access
First Advisor
Konoeda, Keiko
Date of Graduation
5-2024
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Recommended Citation
Akyen-Odoom, Harriet, "The Lens on Japan After The Bombing" (2024). Standard Theses. 15.
https://scarab.bates.edu/asian_studies_theses/15
Number of Pages
30
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