"""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."
By:
Ryo Morimoto Imprint: University of California Press Country of Publication: United States Volume: 56 Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 726g ISBN:9780520394100 ISBN 10: 0520394100 Series:California Series in Public Anthropology Pages: 356 Publication Date:25 April 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
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
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.