Surviving Bhopal : dancing bodies, written texts, and oral testimonials of women in the wake of an industrial disaster / Suroopa Mukherjee
- 作者： Mukherjee, Suroopa
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- 出版： New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2010
- 叢書名： Palgrave studies in oral history
- 主題： Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984 , Pesticides industry--Accidents--India--Bhopal , Methyl isocyanate--Environmental aspects--India--Bhopal
- 版本：1st ed.
- ISBN： 9780230106321 、 0230106323
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- 書目註：On December 2-3, 1984, India witnessed arguably the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which continues to this day as an economic, medical, environmental, and political disaster. Surviving Bhopal draws on oral testimonials of the affected community and analyzes the cause and aftermath of the disaster from the perspective of those who suffered the severe consequences of systemic failure and travesty of justice. The event resulted in a resistance movement, led by women, against corporate and state power. Mukherjee explores the underlying gender politics, showing how activism challenged and redefined the contemporary model of development Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005171387 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
On December 2-3, 1984, India witnessed arguably the world s worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which continues to this day as an economic, medical, environmental, and political disaster. Surviving Bhopal draws on oral testimonials of the affected community and analyzes the cause and aftermath of the disaster from the perspective of those who suffered the severe consequences of systemic failure and travesty of justice. The event resulted in a resistance movement, led by women, against corporate and state power. Mukherjee explores the underlying gender politics, showing how activism challenged and redefined the contemporary model of development.
內容註
The killer factory : a disaster waiting to happen -- Monstrous memories : "re-living" the night of the disaster -- Bhopal lives on : the many faces of the continuing disaster -- Women as bread earners : shattered lives and the relentless struggle for survival -- "We are flames notflowers" : the inception of activism -- "No more Bhopals" : women's right to knowledge and control of their bodies -- "Dancing in the streets" : protest, celebration, and modes of self expression