Nuclear Ghost - Ryo Morimoto

Nuclear Ghost

Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
356 Seiten
2023
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39411-7 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
"There is a nuclear ghost in Minamisōma." This is how one resident describes a mysterious experience following the 2011 nuclear fallout in coastal Fukushima. Investigating the nuclear ghost among the graying population, Ryo Morimoto encounters radiation’s shapeshifting effects. What happens if state authorities, scientific experts, and the public disagree about the extent and nature of the harm caused by the accident? In one of the first in-depth ethnographic accounts of coastal Fukushima written in English, Nuclear Ghost tells the stories of a diverse group of residents who aspire to live and die well in their now irradiated homes. Their determination to recover their land, cultures, and histories for future generations provides a compelling case study for reimagining relationality and accountability in the ever-atomizing world.

Ryo Morimoto is a first-generation college student and scholar from Japan and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. His scholarly work addresses the planetary impacts of our past and present engagements with nuclear things.

Contents

List of Illustrations 

Introduction 
1 • Naming the Nuclear Ghosts 
2 • Spirited Away 
3 • Kaleidoscopic Harm 
4 • The Compensation Game 
5 • Radioactive Mosquitos and the Science of Half-Lives 
6 • Between Fūhyō and Fūka 
7 • Frecon Baggu and the Archive of (Half-)Lives 
8 • In Search of the Invisible 
9 • A Wild Boar Chase 
Epilogue 

Acknowledgments 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie California Series in Public Anthropology ; 56
Zusatzinfo 19 b-w illustrations, 5 maps, 1 Table
Verlagsort Berkerley
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 544 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-520-39411-9 / 0520394119
ISBN-13 978-0-520-39411-7 / 9780520394117
Zustand Neuware
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