Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century / Stephanie LeMenager.
Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century / Stephanie LeMenager.
Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century / Stephanie LeMenager.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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G 2015/1033
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Ultradeep, petroleum culture in the American century -- Origins, spills -- The aesthetics of petroleum -- Petromelancholia -- The petroleum archive.
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
"Living Oil is a work of environmental cultural studies that engages with a wide spectrum of cultural forms, from museum exhibits and oil industry tours to poetry, documentary film, fiction, still photography, novels and memoirs. The book's unique focus is the aesthetic, sensory and emotional legacies of petroleum, from its rise to the preeminent m...
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Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century / Stephanie LeMenager.
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Oxford studies in American literary history.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-246) and index.
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G 2015/1033
Record Identifier
74VKO4qmR42b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO4qmR42b
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ISBN
9780199899432 (electronic bk.)
9780199899425 (acid-free paper)
0199899428 (acid-free paper)
0199899436 (electronic bk.)
DDC
810.9/36
MMS ID
991022619719702626
