Bomb Archive: The Marshall Islands as Cold War Film Set
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چکیده
This essay offers a decolonial analysis of the inaugural moment United States’ Cold War project—the nuclear weapon “testing” in oceanic environments. As an alternative to usual framing Pikinni Atoll as site arms race that tends invisibilize Marshallese experiences through binary logic, this article invites reader focus on film set. It such approach with hope reframing questions justice and recognizing worlds lost due production US modernity.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Global storytelling
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2769-4941']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/gs.2536