The Nuclear Uncanny in Oceania

This article analyses the unsettling effects of the nuclear age in contemporary Ocean ia. Through a reading of James George’s Ocean Roads (2006), a novel that incorporates nuclear legacies into the Māori kinship system of whakapapa, I show how Māori epistemologies become a vital resource for the Ind...

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מחבר ראשי: Hurley, Jessica
פורמט: Article ou chapitre numérique
שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2019
גישה מקוונת:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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סיכום:This article analyses the unsettling effects of the nuclear age in contemporary Ocean ia. Through a reading of James George’s Ocean Roads (2006), a novel that incorporates nuclear legacies into the Māori kinship system of whakapapa, I show how Māori epistemologies become a vital resource for the Indigenous Pacific as it faces the long-term legacies of nuclear colonialism.