Life Worlds of Middle Eastern Oil : : Histories and Ethnographies of Black Gold /

Life Worlds of Middle Eastern Oil : : Histories and Ethnographies of Black Gold / / ed. by Nelida Fuccaro.

Studies how oil has shaped the societies and cultures of the modern and contemporary Middle EastProposes a new research agenda for the study of oil’s varied lives in the modern and contemporary Middle EastIncludes 13 case studies, including 2 photo essays by leading artists and designersTakes a them...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
MitwirkendeR:
Al-Nakib, Farah,
Biglari, Mattin,
Chatty, Dawn,
Citino, Nathan J.,
Fuccaro, Nelida,
Ghosn, Rania,
Hindelang, Laura,
Limbert, Mandana E.,
MacLean, Matthew,
Mason, Arthur,
Oguz, Zeynep,
Rogers, Douglas,
Wright, Andrea,
Younis, Ala,
HerausgeberIn:
Fuccaro, Nelida,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 32 B/W illustrations 38 colour illustrations 32 black and white illustrations, 38 colour illustrations and 4 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PART I EXPOSING OIL
  • 1 SCOUTING FOR OIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 2 ‘NO WORDS AROUND TO DESCRIBE’: BETWEEN SEEING AND COMPREHENDING KUWAIT’S OIL FIRES
  • PART II IMAGE WORLDS
  • VISUALISING PETROLEUM PASTS
  • 3 PHOTOGRAPHING CRUDE IN THE DESERT: SIGHT AND SENSE AMONG OIL MEN
  • 4 THE OIL COMPANY’S FIELDS OF VISION: PUBLIC RELATIONS AND LABOUR IMAGES IN THE ARAB WORLD
  • 5 AL-BAHITHUN: SOUNDS THAT CALL TO THE (OIL) FIELDS
  • PROJECTING FUTURES
  • 6 EMPATHY FOR THE GRAPH
  • 7 AFTER OIL
  • PART III OIL SUBJECTS
  • ECOLOGIES AND GENEALOGIES OF PETROLEUM KNOWLEDGE
  • 8 SPECULATIVE MATTERS: THE PASTS AND PRESENTS OF OIL IN TURKEY
  • 9 PETROPROTEIN DREAMS: HYDROCARBON BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MICROBIAL LIFE WORLDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 10 MAKING OIL MEN: EXPERTISE, DISCIPLINE AND SUBJECTIVITY IN THE ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL COMPANY’S TRAINING SCHEMES
  • NEW SPACES AND MOBILITIES
  • 11 SHIFTING SOLIDARITIES: STRIKES, INDIAN LABOUR AND THE ARABIAN SEA OIL INDUSTRY, 1946–1953
  • 12 GENDER, DOMESTICITY AND SPEED: AMERICAN PETRO-MODERNITY
  • 13 OIL, MOBILITY AND TERRITORIALITY IN THE TRUCIAL STATES/ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, MUSCAT AND OMAN
  • 14 CONTESTATION AND CO-OPTATION IN THE DESERT LANDSCAPES OF OMAN
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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