Author: Ann Larabee
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: disaster, decade
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1999-12-08
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0252068203
ISBN-13: 9780252068201

Focusing on the spectacular disasters of the 1980s - the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl meltdown, the Challenger space shuttle explosion, the Bhopal chemical plant release, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic - Ann Larabee examines how culture is reconstructed after disaster through victims’ stories, media coverage, and official efforts to restore faith in technology. "Decade of Disaster" gives voice to a diverse cast of disaster participants, including Bhopal widows, people with AIDS, Chernobyl tourists, NASA administrators, international nuclear power authorities, and corporate spokespeop