Unsustainable oil : : facts, counterfacts and fictions / / Jon Gordon.
"Bitumen extraction is the lifeblood of Alberta, and there are many stories about the boom-and-bust economy. But what does literature have to say about the "progress" of petroculture? Jon Gordon maps out a new field of study by examining the relationship between culture and energy ext...
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Place / Publishing House: | Edmonton, Alberta : : The University of Alberta Press,, 2015. 2015 Ottawa, Ontario : : Canadian Electronic Library,, 2016. |
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Gordon, Jon, 1979- author. Unsustainable oil : facts, counterfacts and fictions / Jon Gordon. First edition. Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2015. 2015 Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016. 1 online resource (lv, 234 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index. Prologue : Fast Food Vacation -- Introduction : Unsustainable Rhetoric -- 1 Lyric Oil : Re-presenting Fossil Fuels As a Cultural By-Product -- 2 Oil Sacrifices : Petroculture and (E)utopian Imaginings of Progress -- 3 Impossible Choices : Fort Mac and Oil as a "Matter of Concern" -- 4 Irrational Oil : Ethos, Extraction!, Elder Brother, and Free Speech -- 5 Pipeline Facts, Poetic Counterfacts : Metaphor and Self-Deception in a Bitumen Nation -- 6 Oil Desires : Appetites and Fast Violence in the Bituminous Sands -- Conclusion : Living (with) Bitumen -- Epilogue : Whitney Lakes Provincial Park. Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. "Bitumen extraction is the lifeblood of Alberta, and there are many stories about the boom-and-bust economy. But what does literature have to say about the "progress" of petroculture? Jon Gordon maps out a new field of study by examining the relationship between culture and energy extraction, moving towards nuance and away from the entrenched rhetorical positions that currently dominate discussion. His examination of theoretical, political, and environmental issues in this groundbreaking book contribute to our understanding of the culture and the ethics of energy production within the Canadian context. Unsustainable Oil offers readers a chance to consider literature's potential in confronting the hegemony of the oil and gas industry, and will be particularly well-received by scholars and students of Cultural Studies, Literature, Ecocriticism, Energy Humanities, and Indigenous Studies."-- Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Ecocriticism. Environmental protection in literature. Oil sands industry Alberta. Electronic books. Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), distributor. Print version: 9781772120363 ProQuest (Firm) Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=4515611 Click to View |
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