Surviving Bhopal: Dancing Bodies, Written Texts, and Oral Testimonials of Women in the Wake of an Industrial Disaster

by Suroopa Mukherjee

On December 2-3, 1984, India witnessed arguably the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which continues to this day as an economic, medical, environmental, and political disaster. Surviving Bhopal draws on oral testimonials of the affected community and analyzes the cause and aftermath of the disaster from the perspective of those who suffered the severe consequences of systemic failure and travesty of justice. The event resulted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230608116
• ISBN13: 9780230608115
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"