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Title

Bravo for the Marshallese : regaining control in a post-nuclear, post-colonial world / Holly M. Barker.

Author

Barker, Holly M.

Publication

Australia ; Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson, c2013.

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Details

Description

xiii, 189 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Case studies on contemporary social issues

Uniform Title

Case studies on contemporary social issues.

Subjects

• History
• Nuclear weapons > Testing
• United States > Relations > Marshall Islands
• Marshall Islands > Relations > United States
• Marshall Islands > Social life and customs
• Marshall Islands > History
• Nuclear weapons testing victims > Marshall Islands
• Ethnology > Marshall Islands
• Nuclear weapons > Marshall Islands > Testing

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Previous ed. 2004.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chapter 1 Setting the Stage: The Geography, Social/Political Organization, and Language of the Marshall Islands 5 -- Location and Ecology 5 -- Early Migration 10 -- The Social and Political Structure 10 -- The Marshallese Language and Its Dialects 12 -- Chapter 2 A Colonial History of the Marshall Islands 16 -- Colonial Expansion 16 -- U.S. Naval Administration of the Marshall Islands 19 -- The Arrival of Anthropologists 25 -- The Move toward Self-Governance 29 -- The Compact of Free Association 30 -- Chapter 3 The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing Program 34 -- The Official U.S. Government Account of the Events 34 -- The Limitations on U.S. Government Responsibility 36 -- Declassified U.S. Government Documents 39 -- Conclusion 49 -- Chapter 4 Ethnography and a Marshallese Narrative of History 50 -- Witness Testimonies: March 1, 1954-The Day the U.S. Government Detonated the Bravo Shot 51 -- Witness Testimonies: Evacuation and the Decontamination Process 53 -- Witness Testimonies: Birth Defects 54 -- Witness Testimonies: Other Medical and Environmental Problems 55 -- Witness Testimonies: Interactions with U.S. Government Medical Providers and Scientists 56 -- A Marshallese Narrative of History 57 -- Conclusion 59 -- Chapter 5 Alienation from the Land: The Rongelap Experience 60 -- The Importance of Geography 60 -- The Importance of Land 61 -- Damage, Injury, and Loss 63 -- Experiences in Exile 64 -- The Loss of Self-Sufficiency 66 -- Burial 69 -- Stigma/Psychological Problems among the "Bombed People" 71 -- Gender, Age, and Status in Exile 72 -- Conclusion 75 -- Chapter 6 Language and the Testing Program 76 -- Radiation and a Colonial Language of Control 76 -- Language as Resistance 79 -- Conclusion 92 -- Chapter 7 Uncovering Themes in Linguistic Data 93 -- Assigning Responsibility 94 -- Powerlessness 98 -- Women's Reproductive Illnesses 101 -- A Unique Marshallese Radiation Language 107 -- Conclusion 110 -- Chapter 8 Changed Circumstances: Petitioning the U.S. Government 111 -- Advisory Committee on Changed Circumstances 113 -- Content of the Petition 113 -- Review of the Petition 115 -- Conclusion 116 -- Chapter 9 Other Case Studies 117 -- Hiroshima/Nagasaki 117 -- French Polynesia 120 -- Chernobyl 123 -- Nevada 126 -- Hanford 128 -- Subjects of Human Radiation Experimentation 133 -- Conclusion 135 -- Chapter 10 Methods and Community Empowerment 136 -- Developing Bonds of Trust 136 -- Learning the Language 136 -- Archival Research 137 -- Access to Information 137 -- Building on the Work of Others 137 -- Life Story and Oral History Collection 138 -- Local Counterparts and Key Informants 139 -- Public Education and Training of Students 139 -- Transcription and Translation 141 -- Observation 142 -- Expect to Be Challenged 143 -- Fieldnotes 144 -- Repeat Visits to the Field 144 -- The Policy Realm 144 -- Methods of the NCT Project 145 -- Conclusion 148 -- Chapter 11 Competing Narratives of History 149 -- Flaws in the U.S. Government's Accounting of History 150 -- A New Narrative of History 152 -- Looking toward the Future 153 -- Chapter 12 The Failure of Reconciliation and the Mobility of Structural Violence 155 -- Rongelap Ultimatum 156 -- Structural Violence 157 -- Mounting Tension 158 -- Mixed Messages 161 -- Applied and Public Anthropology 163 -- Budgetary Cuts Threaten Lives of Washington's Hungry and Sick 163 -- Nuclear Claims Tribunal 165 -- Anthropology and the Rongelap Land Claim 166 -- Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise 168 -- Conclusion 172.

ISBN

• 9781111833848
• 1111833842

OCLC

• 793186922
• SCSB-12618683

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library