Petroforms oil and the shaping of Nigerian aesthetics / Helen Kapstein.
| Author/creator | Kapstein, Helen |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2025. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Energy and society |
| Abstract | "Petroforms are the new aesthetic objects that emerge from art's encounter with petroleum, read here specifically through the Nigerian experience of oil extraction, production, and attendant devastations. By grounding its argument in site-specific examples, Petroforms is able to make historically and culturally precise claims while at the same time advancing the critical study of petroleum and other fossil fuels as a field. Its author, Helen Kapstein, brings her background in postcolonial literary and cultural studies to bear on a range of aesthetic objects, training a keen eye on them in order to produce close readings and to draw provocative connections. Each section of the book contributes to the overall assertion that oil transforms and deforms our received and familiar forms. Petroforms brings petrocriticism and the energy humanities up to date by centering the Global South as the site of production of both the resource itself and the art forms that engage with it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025004003 |
| ISBN | 9781959000563 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |