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The Nuclear Peninsula

Françoise Zonabend

出版	Cambridge University Press, 1993
主題	Business & Economics / Industries / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Industries / EnergyTechnology & Engineering / Power Resources / Nuclear
ISBN	27351047889782735104789
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oXTtAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Francoise Zonabend describes the ways in which those working in the plant, and living nearby, come to terms with the risks in their daily lives. She 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 radiation and contamination. The work is described euphemistically in terms of women's tasks - cleaning, cooking, preparing a soup - but the male workers subvert this language to create a more satisfying self-image. They divide worker into the cautious ('rentiers') and the bold ('kamikazes') who relish danger. By analysing work practices and the language of the work-place, the author shows how workers and locals can recognise the possibility of nuclear catastrophe while, at the same time, denying that it could ever happen to them. This is a major contribution to the anthropology of modern life.