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Wayfinding, Kalani N. Padilla
Wayfinding, Kalani N. Padilla
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Monstrous Oil: Theorizing Petromodernity's Monsters, Madalynn Lee Madigar
Monstrous Oil: Theorizing Petromodernity's Monsters, Madalynn Lee Madigar
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Petroleum, a primary global energy resource, serves as a foundation of our contemporary society. However, the pervasive influence of oil as substance, commodity, and industry in our petromodern lives often goes unrecognized. In the present moment of biogeocultural crisis surrounding fossil fuels, recognizing and understanding our multifaceted engagements with petroleum is critical. This thesis contributes to the growing field of Petrocultural Studies by considering the conceptualization of petroleum through the associated tropes and figure of the monster. Through the petromonstrous, a term that encapsulates the massive scale, haunting effects, and human-other entanglements of petroleum, cultural attitudes and anxieties about oil …