Settling the Boom : The Sites and Subjects of Bakken Oil / Mary E. Thomas and Bruce Braun, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1970- editor.

Braun, Bruce, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Economic aspects--North Dakota--Williston.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--North Dakota--Williston.

Business cycles--North Dakota--Williston.

Business cycles.

Bakken Formation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Settling the Boom studies how the disruptive forces of an oil boom in the northern Great Plains are contained through the extension of settler temporalities, reassertions of heteropatriarchy, and the tethering of life to the volatility of oil and its cruel optimisms. The collection reveals the results of sustained research in Williston, North Dakota, the epicenter of the "Bakken Boom.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Introduction: (Un)settling the Boom

Chapter 1. The Settler Heteropatriarchy of Boomtown, USA

Chapter 2. Bakken Aesthetics: Art and Attachment in the Era of Tough Oil

Chapter 3. Anthropocene Realism: Genres of "Energy Independence"

Chapter 4. Crisis Ordinariness: The Bakken Boom in Late Capitalism

Chapter 5. On the Dark Side of the Boom: Narratives of Social Crisis and Liberal Arts of Governance

Chapter 6. The Dakota Access Pipeline Struggle: Vulnerability, Security, and Settler Colonialism in the Oil Assemblage

Beyond Settler Infrastructures: A Conclusion

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Thomas, Mary E. Settling the Boom

ISBN:

1-4529-6841-1

1-4529-6842-X

OCLC:

1370493180