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

研究休假将用于完成额外的研究，以出版专著《Atomic Bombay》，并以翻译和分析160部（已收集的）关于原子主题的儿童漫画为基础，发表一篇期刊文章《Atomic Comics》。总体而言，该研究涉及公众对印度核电和军备的看法及其在流行文化中的表现。在印度的民族志田野调查的帮助下，这项研究重新评估了核问题，因为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、社区以及“国家”和“国际”社区的概念错综复杂地交织在一起。此外，还将重点关注核问题如何渗透到印度流行文化的各个方面，如印刷媒体、戏剧、电影及其接受。研究材料大部分是在ESRC资助的研究期间（2006年1月至2008年6月）整理的（包括6个月的产假）。没有民族志文献为印度的情况提供社会文化视角，尽管最近有几本关于民族志的专著，但对于美国的情况来说，这是非常具体的核心主题（即休·古斯特森和约瑟夫·马斯科的作品）。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考虑了核问题，从而使印度摆脱了传统的自上而下的核化方法。在孟买进行了民族志田野调查，重点是人们对印度核历史的记忆，他们对核电，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。这项研究加强了对核辩论如何渗透到印度流行文化的各个方面的理解，包括电影、戏剧、杂志和漫画。与欧洲和美国关于核武器的公开辩论的历史有关的主题被认为是我对核主题的“西方”和印度电影的比较；以及我对儿童漫画中“原子英雄”的分析。通过档案研究也提供了新的视角，其中对20世纪40年代中期公共文化中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书，并与威廉·马扎雷拉（William Mazzarella）合编了一篇引言，并撰写了一章“核揭露”。我还为伊蒂·亚伯拉罕编辑的一本书写过一章。我在ASA 2008年年会上的最后一次研究报告被选为由Veronica Strang和Mark Busse编辑的ASA下一卷《所有权和拨款》（参见Publications）。没有足够的时间恢复一个沉重的教学/政府2008年9月完成这个论文虽然到目前为止我已经完成了一章,起草其他四人他们满意的完成,需要进一步的研究:第一章(不写)介绍第二章(草案——需要进一步研究马拉地语/印地语印刷媒体从1940年代中期)原子时代的黎明SubcontinentChapter 3(草案——马拉地语/印地语打印需要进一步研究第四章（草案-需要对比较背景进行分析，并对最近的发展进行更新，例如2008年前所未有的印美核协议）核真相制度第五章（草案-需要更新，包括对最近核发展的看法）希望和恐惧第六章（完成）观察世界末日的工具第七章（未写）需要翻译和分析160部印度漫画中的相关漫画。以及对插画家/设计师的采访)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.