Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War : Representations of Nuclear Weapons and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds
Ranging across fiction and poetry, critical theory and film, comics and speeches, Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War explores how writers, thinkers, and filmmakers have tackled the question: Are nuclear weapons white? Paul Williams addresses myriad representations of nuclear weapons: the ManhattanProje...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago Distribution Center [distributor]
Feb. 2012
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Summary: | Ranging across fiction and poetry, critical theory and film, comics and speeches, Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War explores how writers, thinkers, and filmmakers have tackled the question: Are nuclear weapons white? Paul Williams addresses myriad representations of nuclear weapons: the ManhattanProject, the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear tests across the globe, and the anxiety surrounding the superpowers devastating arsenals. Ultimately, Williams concludes that many texts act as a reminder that the power enjoyed by the white Western world imperils the whole planet. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages). |
| Audience: | Scholarly & Professional |
| ISBN: | 9781789624199 |
| Access: | Open Access |