Oil Culture Contributor(s): Barrett, Ross (Editor), Worden, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0816689741 ISBN-13: 9780816689743 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 338.272 |
LCCN: 2013050891 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.75 lbs) 456 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
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Publisher Description:
The contributors to this volume examine the oil culture nexus, beginning with the whale oil culture it replaced and analyzing literature and films such as Giant, Sundown, Bernardo Bertolucci's La Via del Petrolio, and Ben Okri's "What the Tapster Saw"; corporate art, museum installations, and contemporary photography; and in apocalyptic visions of environmental disaster and science fiction. By considering oil as both a natural resource and a trope, the authors show how oil's dominance is part of culture rather than an economic or physical necessity. Oil Culture sees beyond oil capitalism to alternative modes of energy production and consumption. Contributors: Georgiana Banita, U of Bamberg; Frederick Buell, Queens College; Gerry Canavan, Marquette U; Melanie Doherty, Wesleyan College; Sarah Frohardt-Lane, Ripon College, Matthew T. Huber, Syracuse U; Dolly J rgensen, Ume U; Stephanie LeMenager, U of Oregon; Hanna Musiol, Northeastern U; Chad H. Parker, U of Louisiana at Lafayette; Ruth Salvaggio, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Heidi Scott, Florida International U; Imre Szeman, U of Alberta; Michael Watts, U of California, Berkeley; Jennifer Wenzel, Columbia University; Sheena Wilson, U of Alberta; Rochelle Raineri Zuck, U of Minnesota Duluth; Catherine Zuromskis, U of New Mexico. |