Nuclear Ghost

Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone

AvRyo Morimoto

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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"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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-04-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt:726 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:California Series in Public Anthropology
Antal sidor:356
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520394100

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

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"Morimoto’s work is commendable for the deep care he takes for his interlocutors and the painstaking thoroughness of his fieldwork, which are so clearly evident throughout his ethnography. Moreover, the intellectual breadth of Morimoto’s scholarship is admirable."

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ContentsList 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