The Nuclear Peninsula

ISBN-13: 9780521413213 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 152 str.

Francoise Zonabend

Opis

A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Francoise Zonabend describes how those working there, and living nearby, reconcile themselves to the possibility of nuclear catastrophe. By analyzing work practices and language, the author provides a superb sociology of the nuclear workplace, with its divisions and hierarchies, and explains the often unexpected responses of the workers to the fear of contamination. This is a major contribution to the anthropology of modern life.

Recenzje

'Zonabend has written an unusually interesting book about the climate around these places …' Patrick Wright, The Guardian

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface: Once there was a landscape …; List of abbreviations; Introduction: talking nuclear; Part I. Nuclear Landscapes: 1. La Hague or the nuclear zone; 2. The nuclear setting; 3. The politics of nuclear power; Part II. The Nuclear People: 4. The nuclear site: an inventory of fixtures; 5. Learning the nuclear ropes; 6. The nuclear everyday; Conclusion: the ultimate subject - man; Notes; Index.