8. Nuclear Meltdown I: The China Syndrome

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Dr. Spock, Daisy Girl, and DDT: A Prehistory of Environmental Icons 9
5. Part One. Earth Day and the Visual Politics of Environmental Crisis
6. 2. From Santa Barbara to Earth Day 35
7. 3. Gas Masks: The Ecological Body under Assault 47
8. 4. Pogo: “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us” 64
9. 5. The Crying Indian 79
10. 6. The Recycling Logo and the Aesthetics of Environmental Hope 96
11. Part Two. Energy Crises and Emotional Politics
12. 7. Gas Lines and Power Struggles 109
13. 8. Nuclear Meltdown I: The China Syndrome 121
14. 9. Nuclear Meltdown II: Three Mile Island 138
15. 10. Here Comes the Sun? 154
16. 11. Carter’s Crisis and the Road Not Taken 169
17. Part Three. Green Goes Mainstream
18. 12. Environmental Spectacle in a Neoliberal Age 187
19. 13. Meryl Streep, the Alar Crisis, and the Rise of Green Consumerism 208
20. 14. The Sudden Violence of the Exxon Valdez 223
21. 15. Global Crisis, Green Consumers: The Media Packaging of Earth Day 1990 239
22. Conclusion: The Strange Career of An Inconvenient Truth 258
23. Acknowledgments 277
24. Notes 281
25. Index 327