Nuclear Ghost

Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-520-39411-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 356 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: California Series in Public Anthropology

"There is a nuclear ghost in Minamisoma." 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morimoto, Ryo

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Fuhyo and Fuka

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.