Nuclear Ghost

Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone

Ryo Morimoto (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

356 Seiten

2023
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39411-7 (ISBN)

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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.

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	29.04.2023
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