Nuclear Ghost
Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone
$41.53
- Paperback
356 pages
- Release Date
17 August 2023
Summary
“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 Fukus…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520394117 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520394119 |
| Author: | Ryo Morimoto |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 356 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | California Series in Public Anthropology |
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Critics Review
“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.” * American Ethnologist *
“Nuclear Ghost provides a powerful counter to the dominant discourse that homogenizes those affected and promotes forgetting (fūka) of important issues. The descriptions of the cruel divisions among residents over compensation payments, the conflicts among family members surrounding the hope of staying in or returning home, and the complex meanings of decontamination work are among the significant contributions of this book.”
“Morimoto’s book presses us to consider anew the role of visibility and invisibility in perceiving and knowing.”
Ryo Morimoto
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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