324 Touring the Nuclear Winter: Imagining the Wasteland of Nuclear War Through 'Fallout'
This April, the television series 'Fallout,' adapted from the classic video game of the same name, premiered. Beyond the discussions about whether it is "faithful to the source material," we might also broaden our perspective to the wasteland literature that has given birth to countless films, television shows, and video games. As an era-defining imprint left by Cold War nuclear panic, wasteland literature encapsulated the fears and fantasies of that era regarding power struggles between regimes, atomic technology, and survival in the apocalypse. Similarly shrouded by the threat of nuclear war, what different imaginations did the United States and the Soviet Union, on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, possess? How did the governments of both countries reassure and mobilize their populations, and formulate civil defense policies? Beyond nuclear fear, what other cultural commonalities characterized this era? Welcome to listen to the insightful sharing by Sha Qingqing and Professor Mai!
Original Chinese title & description
324 畅游核冬天：从《辐射》谈核大战下的废土想象
今年四月，改编自经典游戏《辐射》的同名美剧上映，在其是否“吃书”的讨论之余，我们也不妨把视野放向诞生出无数影视、游戏作品的废土文学。作为冷战核恐慌留下的时代烙印，废土文学蕴涵了那个年代对政权争霸、原子科技，以及末日生存的恐惧与幻想。同样笼罩在核威胁之下，铁幕两端的美国和苏联有什么不同的想象？两国政府是如何安抚、动员民众，制定民防政策的？除了核恐惧之外，这个时代还具有怎样的文化共性？欢迎收听沙青青、麦教授的精彩分享！
Participation credit “本期话题成员”：沙青青（微信公众号：13号埋立地）。
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