Nuclear Summer The Clash of Communities at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment / Louise Krasniewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krasniewicz, Louise, 1952-

en Book Program, National Endowment for the Humanities Op, Author.

Contributor:

en Book Program, funder.

Series:

Anthropology of contemporary issues.

The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seneca Army Depot.

Women and peace--Social aspects--New York (State)--Romulus.

Women and peace.

Antinuclear movement--Social aspects--New York (State)--Romulus.

Antinuclear movement.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cornell University Press 2018

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Louise Krasniewicz is an artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary:

When thousands of women gathered in 1983 to protest the stockpiling of nuclear weapons at a rural upstate New York military depot, the area was shaken by their actions. What so disturbed residents that they organized counterdemonstrations, wrote hundreds of letters to local newspapers, verbally and physically harassed the protestors, and nearly rioted to stop one of the protest marches? Louise Krasniewicz reconstructs the drama surrounding the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in Seneca County, New York, analyzing it as a clash both between and within communities. She shows how debates about gender and authority-including questions of morality, patriotism, women's roles, and sexuality-came to overshadow arguments about the risks of living in a nuclear world. Vivid ethnography and vibrant social history, this work will engage readers interested in American culture, women's studies, peace studies, and cultural anthropology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. The Lost Summer

2. The Anthropology of Fallout

3. Coming Home

4. Introductions

5. Circle for Survival

6. Who Goes There

7. The Plot

8. Oh Say Can You See

9- Independence Day

10. What Did You Bring?

11. Innocents Abroad

12. Ease on down the Road

13. The Bridge: A Drama

14. Good Americans

15. The Difference Within

16. The Postnuclear

Conclusion

References Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-249) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501727979

1501727974

9781501720000

1501720007

9781501719998

1501719998

OCLC:

1031885219