Explosivity : Following What Remains / Javier Arbona-Homar ; with photographs by Andrea Gaffney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arbona-Homar, Javier, author.

Contributor:

Gaffney, Andrea, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944.

Environmental justice--United States.

Environmental justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2025.

Summary:

This book explores the complex legacy of the 1944 Port Chicago explosion, a catastrophic event during World War II when two ammunition ships exploded near San Francisco, causing significant loss of life and exposing systemic racial injustices. The author examines the political, social, and environmental aftermath of the event, focusing on the memorialization processes and the broader implications of chemical violence and toxic landscapes. Using interdisciplinary approaches drawn from geography, feminist technoscience, and explosivity studies, the book investigates how memory, remains, and the politics of 'in-between spaces' shape our understanding of the past and its ongoing impacts. The work is intended for scholars, activists, and readers interested in environmental justice, military history, and the politics of memory. Generated by AI.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT ©

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION: PACKAGE

ONE: SUSPECT

TWO: PUNISHMENT

THREE: MEMORIAL

FOUR: LANDSCAPE

FIVE: ACCIDENT

CONCLUSION: REMAINS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

INDEX.

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ISBN:

9781452973036

1452973032

OCLC:

1503843474