Not Another Japanese Story, Please |
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| Author:
| Agarwal, Apeksha |
| Photographer:
| Agarwal, Apeksha |
| Text by:
| Gibbs, Caitlin |
| Designed by:
| Radfar, Negar |
| Editor:
| Peoples, Kaylene |
| ISBN: | 978-0-692-15386-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2018 |
| Publisher: | KL Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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NOT ANOTHER JAPANESE STORY, PLEASE is an art book that gives us one artist's glimpse into the fetishism of Necropolitics associated with the Hibakusha Maidens and their reconstructive surgeries by the US government in their pitiful attempt to be the hero in the never-ending saga of Western Imperialism and the obsession with weapons of mass destruction. It speaks of the rise of technologies and western societies post Hiroshima Japan and their impact on the city and its people. NOT...
More DescriptionNOT ANOTHER JAPANESE STORY, PLEASE is an art book that gives us one artist's glimpse into the fetishism of Necropolitics associated with the Hibakusha Maidens and their reconstructive surgeries by the US government in their pitiful attempt to be the hero in the never-ending saga of Western Imperialism and the obsession with weapons of mass destruction. It speaks of the rise of technologies and western societies post Hiroshima Japan and their impact on the city and its people. NOT ANOTHER JAPANESE STORY, PLEASE is a bold statement given through provocative reenactments through the eyes of an artist's lens. Apeksha Agarwal romanticizes the fallout from the horrors of nuclear war and leaves us with a breathtaking and titillating story with erotic visuals.