@article{ref1,
title="Reiterated commemoration: Hiroshima as national trauma",
journal="Sociological theory",
year="2006",
author="Saito, Hiro",
volume="24",
number="4",
pages="353-376",
abstract="This article examines historical transformations of Japanese collective memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by utilizing a theoretical framework that combines a model of reiterated problem solving and a theory of cultural trauma. I illustrate how the event of the nuclear fallout in March 1954 allowed actors to consolidate previously fragmented commemorative practices into a master frame to define the postwar Japanese identity in terms of transnational commemoration of &quot;Hiroshima.&quot; I also show that nationalization of trauma of &quot;Hiroshima&quot; involved a shift from pity to sympathy in structures of feeling about the event. This historical study suggests that a reiterated problem-solving approach can be efficacious in analyzing how construction of national memory of a traumatic event connects with the recurrent reworking of national identity, on the one hand, and how a theory of cultural trauma can be helpful in exploring a synthesis of psychological and sociological approaches to commemoration of a traumatic event, on the other.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-2751",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9558.2006.00295.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9558.2006.00295.x"
}