Louise Krasniewicz is an artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nuclear Summer cuts through conceptual chain-link fences and applies the rich intersection of feminist and poststructural analyses to unravel complicated tensions that exploded during the summer of 1983 at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment. Krasniewicz leads the reader through historical contexts of the county, the formation of the encampment, initial perceptions of the peace camp by the local community, and the development of the relationship between camp women and members of the local community. Analysis of conversations, videotapes, brochures, clothing, songs and ritual, protest events, posters, and editorial letters make it clear that the emergent clashes did not necessarily arise from differing opinions over whether the United States should produce, store, and deploy nuclear weapons but instead were linked intimately to Foucauldian-type wars concerning notions of 'real women' and 'good Americans.'- Lynn Wilson (Man)

Louise Krasniewicz is an artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nuclear Summer cuts through conceptual chain-link fences and applies the rich intersection of feminist and poststructural analyses to unravel complicated tensions that exploded during the summer of 1983 at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment. Krasniewicz leads the reader through historical contexts of the county, the formation of the encampment, initial perceptions of the peace camp by the local community, and the development of the relationship between camp women and members of the local community. Analysis of conversations, videotapes, brochures, clothing, songs and ritual, protest events, posters, and editorial letters make it clear that the emergent clashes did not necessarily arise from differing opinions over whether the United States should produce, store, and deploy nuclear weapons but instead were linked intimately to Foucauldian-type wars concerning notions of 'real women' and 'good Americans.'- Lynn Wilson (Man)

Louise Krasniewicz is an artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nuclear Summer cuts through conceptual chain-link fences and applies the rich intersection of feminist and poststructural analyses to unravel complicated tensions that exploded during the summer of 1983 at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment. Krasniewicz leads the reader through historical contexts of the county, the formation of the encampment, initial perceptions of the peace camp by the local community, and the development of the relationship between camp women and members of the local community. Analysis of conversations, videotapes, brochures, clothing, songs and ritual, protest events, posters, and editorial letters make it clear that the emergent clashes did not necessarily arise from differing opinions over whether the United States should produce, store, and deploy nuclear weapons but instead were linked intimately to Foucauldian-type wars concerning notions of 'real women' and 'good Americans.'- Lynn Wilson (Man)