Bomb Children
Life in the Former Battlefields of Laos
1st Edition
Published on 16. August 2019
184 pages
978-1-4780-0526-1 (ISBN)
Description
Leah Zani considers how the people and landscape of Laos have been shaped and haunted by the physical remains of unexploded ordnance from the CIA's Secret War.
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Leah Zani is a Junior Fellow in the Social Science Research Network at the University of California, Irvine.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Note on the Lao Language ix
Fieldpoem 30: Postwar 1
Introduction: The Fruit Eaters 3
Fieldpoem 11: The Fruit Eaters 36
1. The Dragon and the River 37
Fieldpoem 15: "The Rice Is More Delicious after Bomb Clearance" 64
2. Ghost Mine 65
Fieldpoem 23: Blast Radius 97
3. Blast Radius 98
Fieldpoem 26: House Blessings 130
Conclusion: Phaseout 131
Fieldpoem 18: Children 149
Appendix: Notes on Fieldpoems 151
References 155
Index 165
Note on the Lao Language ix
Fieldpoem 30: Postwar 1
Introduction: The Fruit Eaters 3
Fieldpoem 11: The Fruit Eaters 36
1. The Dragon and the River 37
Fieldpoem 15: "The Rice Is More Delicious after Bomb Clearance" 64
2. Ghost Mine 65
Fieldpoem 23: Blast Radius 97
3. Blast Radius 98
Fieldpoem 26: House Blessings 130
Conclusion: Phaseout 131
Fieldpoem 18: Children 149
Appendix: Notes on Fieldpoems 151
References 155
Index 165
