The Nuclear Peninsula

by Françoise Zonabend

Overview

A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Françoise 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521413213
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/01/1993
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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." Bulletin of Science, Technology and Sociology

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