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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794542303321

Autore

Hughes Helen <1917->

Titolo

Radioactive documentary : filming the nuclear environment after the Cold War / / Helen Hughes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, England : , : Intellect Ltd, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-78938-386-2

1-78938-385-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 pages)

Disciplina

801.950955

Soggetti

Criticism

Documentary films - History and criticism

Nuclear energy on television

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Presents analysis of ten documentary films about nuclear issues made since the end of the Cold War. Argues that public fascination with radioactive spaces has been used reflexively to present contemporary difficult themes such as Chernobyl, Fukushima, closure of nuclear power stations, and the siting of geological waste repositories. 12 b/w illus.