A Body in Fukushima

by Eiko Otake and William Johnston

A photographic account of an extended solo performance in irradiated Fukushima between 2014 and 2019

On March 11, 2011 one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history devastated Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and nuclear meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex in a triple disaster known as 3.11. On five separate journeys, Japanese-born performer and dancer Eiko Otake and historian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819580260
• ISBN13: 9780819580269
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"