Bryan C. Taylor
Recent events surrounding the "end" of the Cold War have destabilized the institutions historically associated with developing and opposing nuclear weapons. Iconography is a principal register of the subsequent struggle conducted among nuclear interests for authority and credibility in shaping the post-Cold War narrative of nuclear culture. This paper outlines a nuclear-critical iconology adequate for studying contemporary images of the Bomb. After theorizing the nature and productivity of nuclear images, it reviews the political-economy surrounding current nuclear representation, and theorizes three emerging genres of nuclear images: "Greening," "Museumification," and "Conventionalization."
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