The meanings of a disaster : Chernobyl and its afterlives in Britain and France / Karena Kalmbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalmbach, Karena, author.

Series:

Environment in history ; Volume 20.

Environment in history ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 227 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2021]

Summary:

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 Northern hemisphere, 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 nations’ responses to the disaster, and of their efforts to come to terms with its long-term consequences up to the present day.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 1986–1988 Direct Reactions and Early Narratives

CHAPTER 2 1989–2005 Chernobyl Memory in the Making

CHAPTER 3 2006 Th e Chernobyl ‘Renaissance’ within the ‘Nuclear Renaissance’

Conclusion

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-693-6

1-78920-703-7

OCLC:

1347246767