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Radical energy narratives in Argentina and Brazil / Nancy Lee Roane.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Roane, Nancy Lee, 1993- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comparative literature.
- Latin American literature.
- Energy.
- History.
- Culture.
- Writing.
- Politics.
- Materialism.
- Narratives.
- Anthropology.
- Dissertations & theses.
- Imagination.
- Anxieties.
- Humanities.
- 19th century.
- Modernity.
- Climate change.
- Human remains.
- Fossil fuels.
- Civilization.
- Society.
- Archives & records.
- Modernization.
- Political power.
- Comparative Literature and Literary Theory--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Comparative Literature and Literary Theory.
- Local Subjects:
- Comparative literature.
- Latin American literature.
- Energy.
- History.
- Culture.
- Writing.
- Politics.
- Materialism.
- Narratives.
- Anthropology.
- Dissertations & theses.
- Imagination.
- Anxieties.
- Humanities.
- 19th century.
- Modernity.
- Climate change.
- Human remains.
- Fossil fuels.
- Civilization.
- Society.
- Archives & records.
- Modernization.
- Political power.
- Comparative Literature and Literary Theory--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Comparative Literature and Literary Theory.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 pages)
- Contained In:
- Dissertations Abstracts International 83-03B.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This dissertation uncovers underlying arguments in Argentine and Brazilian media from 1971-2017 about why (and how) humans consume energy to the detriment of the planet. I identify films and novels that challenge colonial "male energy narratives" (Nye 1993) through re-writing canonical texts about "civilization" in the Southern Cone such as Martin Fierro (Jose Hernandez) and the "Manifesto Antropofago [Cannibalist Manifesto]" (Oswald de Andrade). What I term "radical energy narratives" craft ethical and ecological responses to the present climate crisis through prioritizing energy transfers over accumulation, return on investment, or extraction. This flips the perspective from how humans use energy to how energy uses us, reframing life as a series of relationships born out of energy moving through and then moving on. "Radical energy narratives" frame non-teleological energy expenditure as joyful, creative, connected, and ephemeral. Authors and film directors include Cesar Aira, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Lucrecia Martel, Marcelo Gomes, Karim Ainouz, and Gabriela Cabezon Camara. This project is in dialogue with Georges Bataille, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Donna Haraway, Dominic Boyer, Jane Bennett, Gilbert Simondon, and Gilles Deleuze, among others.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-03, Section: B.
- Advisors: Brock, Ashley; Committee members: Corrigan, Timothy ; Saint-Amour, Paul.
- Department: Comparative Literature and Literary Theory.
- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2021.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175
- ISBN:
- 9798535591223
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
- This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.
- This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
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