Atomic Bombay: Public Representations and Perceptions of Nuclear Issues in India / Atomic Comics

研究假将用于完成更多的研究，以便出版一本专著《原子孟买》，并在翻译和分析160本关于原子主题的儿童漫画（已收集）的基础上出版一篇期刊文章《原子漫画》。总体而言，研究涉及印度公众对核能和军备的看法及其在流行文化中的表现。在印度民族志实地考察的帮助下，研究重新评估了核问题，使它们不再仅仅是民族国家和政党的关注，而是被视为与自我，社区和“国家”和“国际”社区的概念错综复杂地交织在一起。作为补充，重点关注核问题如何融入印度流行文化的各个方面，如印刷媒体，戏剧，电影及其接受。研究材料主要是在2006年1月至2008年6月（包括6个月产假）欧洲社会研究委员会资助的研究期间整理的。没有民族志文献为印度的情况提供关于这个主题的社会文化观点，尽管最近有几本关于民族志的专著，但对美国的情况有相当具体的核心主题（即，（Hugh Gusterson和Joseph Masco）这项研究提供了新的知识，因为它从当地社区的角度而不是从国家的角度来考虑核问题，传统的自上而下的方法来实现印度核化。在孟买进行了民族志实地考察，重点是人们对印度核历史的记忆，他们对核能、武器和辐射的看法，以及他们对冲突、恐怖主义和核事故等风险的看法。这项研究增进了人们对核辩论如何渗透到印度流行文化的各个方面，包括电影、戏剧、杂志和漫画的理解。主题在欧洲和美国有关核武器的公开辩论的历史被认为是与我的比较“西方”和印度电影的核主题;和我的分析“原子英雄”在儿童漫画。新的视角也提供了通过档案研究，在20世纪40年代中期的公共文化原子主题的原始材料进行了调查。在2006年至2008年的研究期间，我完成了一本关于南亚审查制度的合编卷，其中包括共同撰写的介绍（与William Mazzarella）和撰写的“核启示”一章。我还为Itty Abraham编辑的一卷书写了一章。我在2008年阿萨年度会议上的最后一次研究报告被编辑Veronica斯特朗和Mark Busse（cf Publications）选为下一个编辑的阿萨卷所有权和拨款。在2008年9月恢复繁重的教学/行政工作之前，没有足够的时间来完成这本专著，尽管到目前为止，我已经完成了一章，并起草了另外四章，这些章节需要进一步研究才能圆满完成：第1章第2章：第一次见面（草案-需要进一步研究马拉地语/印地语印刷媒体从20世纪40年代中期）亚大陆原子时代的黎明第三章（草稿-需要进一步研究1940年代中期以来的马拉地语/印地语印刷媒体）（草案-要求分析比较背景，并更新最近的事态发展，如前所未有的2008年印美核协议）（草案-需要更新，以包括对最近核发展的看法）（已完成）观察世界末日的工具第7章（未写-需要翻译和分析160个印地语漫画的相关条带，并采访插图/设计师）原子漫画第8章（未写）结论。

The Research Leave will be used to complete additional research for publication of a monograph, Atomic Bombay, and for the publication of a journal article 'Atomic Comics' based on translation and analyses of 160 children's comics (already collected) on the atomic theme. Overall, the research concerns public perceptions of nuclear power and armament in India and their representations in popular culture. With the help of ethnographic fieldwork in India, the research reassesses nuclear issues so as they are do not remain simply the concern of nation-states and political parties, but are seen to be intricately entwined with notions of self, community and imaginings of 'national' and 'international' communities. This is complemented with a focus on how nuclear issues have percolated into aspects of Indian popular culture, such as the print media, drama, film, and their reception. The research material has been largely collated during a term of ESRC funded research from January 2006- June 2008 (including 6 months maternity leave). There is no ethnographic literature providing socio-cultural perspectives on the subject for the case of India, although there are a couple of recent monographs on ethnographic yet quite specific nuclear topics for the case of the USA (namely, work by Hugh Gusterson and Joseph Masco).The research contributes new knowledge in that it accounts for nuclear concerns from the viewpoint of local communities rather than states enabling a move away from conventional top-down approaches to nuclearisation in India. Ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in Mumbai focusing on people's memories of India's nuclear history, their views on nuclear power, weapons and radiation, and their perception of risk in relation to conflicts, terrorism and nuclear accidents etc. .The research enhances understanding of how nuclear debates percolate into aspects of Indian popular culture including films, dramas, magazines and comics. Themes in relation to the history of public debates about nuclear weapons in Europe and the USA are considered as with my comparison of 'western' and Indian movies on nuclear themes; and for my analysis of 'atomic heroes' in children's comics. New perspectives are also provided through archival research, where original material on the atomic theme in mid-1940s public culture has been investigated. During the period of this research from 2006-8, I completed a co-edited volume on censorship in South Asia, with a co-written Introduction (with William Mazzarella) and an authored chapter 'Nuclear Revelations'. I have also written a chapter for an edited volume by Itty Abraham. My last presentation of this research at the ASA Annual Conference 2008 was selected for the next edited ASA volume Ownership and Appropriation by editors Veronica Strang and Mark Busse (cf Publications). There was not enough time before resuming a heavy load of teaching/administration in September 2008 to complete this monograph although so far I have completed one chapter and drafted four others which require further research for their satisfactory completion:Chapter 1 (not written)Introduction Chapter 2 (draft - requires further research on Marathi/Hindi print media from mid-1940s)The Dawn of the Atomic Age in the SubcontinentChapter 3 (draft - requires further research on Marathi/Hindi print media from mid-1940s)The Atomic Imaginary in 1940s BombayChapter 4 (draft - requires analyses of comparative contexts and update for recent developments eg the unprecedented Indo-Us nuclear agreement 2008)Regimes of Nuclear TruthsChapter 5 (draft - requires update to include perceptions of recent nuclear developments)Hopes and FearsChapter 6 (completed)Observing the Instruments of Armageddon Chapter 7 (not written - requires translation and analysis of relevant strips from 160 Hindi comics, and interviews with illustrators/designers) Atomic Comics Chapter 8 (not written) Conclusion.