Offshore attachments : oil and intimacy in the Caribbean / Chelsea Schields.
| Author/creator | Schields, Chelsea author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] |
| Description | xii, 287 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : "oil is the lubricant" -- Crude Bargains : sex and the making of an oil economy -- Diminishing returns : domesticity on the edge of whiteness -- Manufacturing surplus : population and development in the downstream -- "Sexuality, yes! slavery, no!" : erotic rebellion and economic freedom -- Dutch diseases : race, welfare, and the quantification of kinship -- Conclusion : acts of attachment. |
| Abstract | "In this highly original work, historian Chelsea Schields illuminates how the contested management of sex and race transformed the Caribbean into a crucial site in the global oil economy. By the mid-twentieth century, the Dutch islands of Curaçao and Aruba housed the world's largest oil refineries. To bolster this massive industrial experiment, oil corporations and political authorities offshored intimacy, circumventing laws regulating sex, reproduction, and the family in a bid to maximize profits and turn Caribbean subjects into citizens. Offshore Attachments reveals that, from boom to bust, Caribbean people challenged and embraced efforts to alter intimate behaviors in service of the energy economy, molding the industry from the ground up. Moving from Caribbean oil towns to European metropolises and examining such issues as sex work, contraception, kinship, and the constitution of desire, Schields narrates a surprising story of how racialized concern with sex shaped hydrocarbon industries as the age of oil met the end of empire"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Schields, Chelsea Offshore attachments Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2023 9780520390829 |
| LCCN | 2022055944 |
| ISBN | 9780520390805 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0520390806 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780520390812 paperback |
| ISBN | 0520390814 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD9490 .C272 S354 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |