Unsustainable oil : facts, counterfacts and fictions / Jon Gordon.

First edition.

9781772121001 (electronic book)
9781772120363

Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2015.

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016.

©2015

English

1 online resource (lv, 234 pages) : illustrations

PN98.E36 G67 2015

809/.9336

"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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.

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