Energy Culture: Art and Theory on Oil and Beyond

About the author

Imre Szeman is University Research Chair of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo. His recent books include On Petrocultures: Globalization, Culture, and Energy (WVU Press), After Oil (WVU Press), Energy Humanities: An Anthology, and Fueling Culture: 101 Words for Energy and Environment.

Jeff Diamanti teaches literary and cultural analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He is the editor of Contemporary Marxist Theory, Materialism and the Critique of Energy, and The Bloomsbury Companion to Marx, as well as a special issue of Reviews in Cultural Theory on energy humanities and a double issue of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities on climate realism.

Summary

Offers a provocative look at oil’s firm grip on American politics and everyday lives. This book brings together essays and artwork produced in a collaborative environment to stimulate new ways of thinking and to achieve a more just and sustainable world.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jeff Diamanti (Editor), Imre Szeman (Editor)
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781949199123
• ISBN: 978-1-949199-12-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Energy and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries