University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository American Studies ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 7-12-2014 The n-EU xceptional Bomb: Settler Nuclearism, Feminism, and Atomic Tourism in New Mexico Eileen Clare Shaughnessy Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds Recommended Citation Shaughnessy, Eileen Clare. "The n-EU xceptional Bomb: Settler Nuclearism, Feminism, and Atomic Tourism in New Mexico." (2014). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/40 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in American Studies ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Eileen Clare Shaughnessy Candidate American Studies Department This thesis is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Thesis Committee: Amy L. Brandzel, Chairperson Adriana Ramírez de Arellano Jennifer Nez Denetdale i THE UN-EXCEPTIONAL BOMB: SETTLER NUCLEARISM, FEMINISM, AND ATOMIC TOURISM IN NEW MEXICO by EILEEN CLARE SHAUGHNESSY B.A. WOMEN STUDIES; JUSTICE & PEACE STUDIES SAINT CATHERINE UNIVERSITY, 2008 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts American Studies The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico MAY 2014 ii DEDICATION For Stina and the chickens, both of whom patiently listened to me talk about nuclearism all the time and nourished me in different ways. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There isn’t much in this life that we do alone, except maybe die. Writing a thesis is no different. I was held up, comforted, encouraged, prayed for, fed, cheered on, and loved throughout this entire tortuous journey by so many people I could fill all of these pages with their names.