Meanings of a Disaster

Chernobyl and Its Afterlives in Britain and France

AvKarena Kalmbach

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del 20 i serien Environment in History: International Perspectives

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The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an event of obviously transnational significance-not only in the airborne particulates it deposited across the European continent, but in the political and social repercussions it set off well beyond the Soviet bloc. Focusing on the cases of Great Britain and France, this innovative study explores the discourses and narratives that arose in the wake of the incident among both state and nonstate actors. It gives a thorough account of the stereotypes, framings, and "othering" strategies that shaped Western European responses to the disaster as well as nuclear policy up to the present day.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-04
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:492 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Environment in History: International Perspectives
Antal sidor:236
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781789207026

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Karena Kalmbach is Assistant Professor in History at Eindhoven University of Technology. She received her doctorate from the European University Institute in Florence for a dissertation that subsequently was awarded the 2015 Book Prize for Young Scholars from the International Committee for the History of Technology.

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"The Meanings of a Disaster is a meticulously researched, readable, and intelligently argued analysis of over two decades' worth of Chernobyl discourse in France and Britain." Sonja Schmid, Virginia Tech"As a follow-up to her skillful study of discourses around nuclear power and radiation protection in France following the Chernobyl disaster, Karena Kalmbach has provided a fresh look at the problem in transnational and comparative perspective. Her argument is well-grounded, based on broad evidence, and embedded within a clear and effective conceptual framework." Anna Veronika Wendland, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe

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List of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. 1986-1988: Direct Reactions and Early NarrativesChapter 2. 1989-2005: Chernobyl Memory in the MakingChapter 3. 2006: The Chernobyl 'Renaissance' within the 'Nuclear Renaissance'ConclusionEpilogueBibliography