Tar wars : oil, environment and Alberta's image / Geo Takach

Author: Takach, Geo
Published: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2017.
Copyright Date: ©2017
Edition: First electronic edition, 2017.
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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"Tar Wars offers a critical, inside look at how leading image-makers negotiate the escalating tensions between the need for continuous economic growth mandated by a globalized economic system and its unsustainable environmental costs. As representations of a place and its identity assume paramount importance in a globalized, visual, and increasingly ecologically conscious society, a rising, international battle unfolds over Alberta's bituminous sands, pitting independent documentary filmmakers against professional communicators employed by the oil industry and government. Tar Wars will engage scholars and students in communications, film, environmental studies, social psychology, and petrocultures. It also reaches out to decision-makers, activists, and those who wish to explore the intersections of energy, environment, culture, politics, economy, media, and power in the world today."--

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9781772122756 9781772121407 (epub)
1772122750
9781772122763 (mobipocket)
1772122769
9781772122770 (pdf)
1772122777
1772121401

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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