Surviving Bhopal
Subtitle: dancing bodies, written texts, and oral testimonials of women in the wake of an industrial disaster
By: Suroopa Mukherjee.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230608115
Subjects: Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984; Pesticides industry -- Accidents -- India -- Bhopal -- Political aspects; Methyl isocyanate -- Environmental aspect -- India -- Bhopal
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The killer factory : a disaster waiting to happen; title: Monstrous memories : "re-living" the night of the disaster; title: Bhopal lives on : the many faces of the continuing disaster; title: Women as bread earners : shattered lives and the relentless struggle for survival; title: "We are flames not flowers" : the inception of activism; title: "No more Bhopals" : women's right to knowledge and control of their bodies; title: "Dancing in the streets" : protest, celebration and modes of self expression.