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Oil
Taschenbuch von Michael Tondre
Sprache: Englisch

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"Black gold. Liquid sunlight. Texas tea. Oil remains the commodity of our global era. Wars are fought over it. Some communities are displaced by its extraction. But despite its heated history, few will ever see oil on the ground. Shrouded within a labyrinth of oil fields, pipelines, and manufacturies, it tends to be known only through its magical effects: the thrill of the road, the euphoria of flight, and the metamorphic allure of everything from vinyl records to celluloid film and synthetic clothing. Amid a warming world unleashed by fossil fuels, oil appears as a rich resource for thinking about histories of globalization and technology no less than the energetic underpinnings of literature, film, and art"--
"Black gold. Liquid sunlight. Texas tea. Oil remains the commodity of our global era. Wars are fought over it. Some communities are displaced by its extraction. But despite its heated history, few will ever see oil on the ground. Shrouded within a labyrinth of oil fields, pipelines, and manufacturies, it tends to be known only through its magical effects: the thrill of the road, the euphoria of flight, and the metamorphic allure of everything from vinyl records to celluloid film and synthetic clothing. Amid a warming world unleashed by fossil fuels, oil appears as a rich resource for thinking about histories of globalization and technology no less than the energetic underpinnings of literature, film, and art"--
Über den Autor
Michael Tondre is Associate Professor of English at Stony Brook University, SUNY, USA. He is the author of The Physics of Possibility: Victorian Fiction, Science, and Gender (2018).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: The Crude and the Refined
I Origins: Carbon Creation Myths
II Reproduction: From Dinosaur Juice to This American Life
III Culture: Full-Throttle Fiction
IV Blood: Petroviolence, Fast and Slow
V Disinformation: On Fossil Footbinds (A Polemic)
VI Futures: Field Notes from the Great Transition
Epilogue: Salvage Dreams

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Object Lessons
ISBN-13: 9781501386626
ISBN-10: 150138662X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Tondre, Michael
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Abbildungen: 11 b&w illustrations
Maße: 165 x 121 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Tondre
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.11.2024
Gewicht: 0,454 kg
Artikel-ID: 127663749
Über den Autor
Michael Tondre is Associate Professor of English at Stony Brook University, SUNY, USA. He is the author of The Physics of Possibility: Victorian Fiction, Science, and Gender (2018).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: The Crude and the Refined
I Origins: Carbon Creation Myths
II Reproduction: From Dinosaur Juice to This American Life
III Culture: Full-Throttle Fiction
IV Blood: Petroviolence, Fast and Slow
V Disinformation: On Fossil Footbinds (A Polemic)
VI Futures: Field Notes from the Great Transition
Epilogue: Salvage Dreams

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Object Lessons
ISBN-13: 9781501386626
ISBN-10: 150138662X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Tondre, Michael
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Abbildungen: 11 b&w illustrations
Maße: 165 x 121 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Tondre
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.11.2024
Gewicht: 0,454 kg
Artikel-ID: 127663749
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