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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Main Author: Williams, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [distributor] Feb. 2012
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