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Oil culture /

In the 150 years since the birth of the petroleum industry, oil has saturated our culture, fuelling our cars and wars, our economy and policies. But just as thoroughly, culture saturates oil. So what exactly is 'oil culture'? This book pursues an answer through petrocapitalism's histo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barrett, Ross, 1977- (Editor ), Worden, Daniel, 1978- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In the 150 years since the birth of the petroleum industry, oil has saturated our culture, fuelling our cars and wars, our economy and policies. But just as thoroughly, culture saturates oil. So what exactly is 'oil culture'? This book pursues an answer through petrocapitalism's history in literature, film, fine art, wartime propaganda, and museum displays. Investigating cultural discourses that have taken shape around oil, the book offers the first sustained attempt to understand how petroleum has suffused the Western imagination.
Notas:Some chapters originally appeared in the Journal of American studies, Volume 46, special issue 02 (May 2012).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 424 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781452943947
145294394X
9781452949314
145294931X