{"product_id":"american-energy-cinema-9781952271762","title":"American Energy Cinema","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorians investigate the relationships between film, culture, and energy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Energy Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Hollywood movies have portrayed energy from the early film era to the present. Looking at classics like \u003ci\u003eGiant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSilkwood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMatewan\u003c\/i\u003e, and at quirkier fare like \u003ci\u003eA Is for Atom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConvoy\u003c\/i\u003e, it argues that films have both reflected existing beliefs and conjured new visions for Americans about the role of energy in their lives and their history. \u003cp\u003e The essays in this collection show how film provides a unique and informative lens to understand perceptions of energy production, consumption, and infrastructure networks. By placing films that prominently feature energy within historical context and analyzing them as historical objects, the contributing authors demonstrate how energy systems of all kinds are both integral to the daily life of Americans and inextricable from larger societal changes and global politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich and compelling collection of essays covering a broad range of moments and films in the histories of oil, coal, nuclear power, and energy in America.\"—Toby Jones, Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Movies are a fun escape from reality, cultural snapshots in time, and valuable historical documents. That's the key thesis and value of this book: it gives readers an engaging way to learn the history of energy—rather, the history of American society—with a century of thrillers, dramas, comedies, and whodunits. Addressing a range of genres, story lines, and themes, this collection of essays will be captivating and informative for movie lovers, energy enthusiasts, and historians alike.\"—Michael E. Webber, host and creator of the PBS special \u003ci\u003eEnergy at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1: When Disaster Strikes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Blackouts, Bad Guys, and Belly Laughs: Exploring America’s First Cascading Power Failure in \u003ci\u003eWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out\u003c\/i\u003e? (1968)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulie A. Cohn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Meltdown: Nuclear Cinema and the Martha Mitchell Effect in \u003ci\u003eThe China Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) and \u003ci\u003eSilkwood(1983)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline Peyton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e3. “The Juice”: \u003ci\u003eThe Road Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e (1981) and the Cultural Logic of Energy Denial in the Early Days of Modern Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher R. W. Dietrich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e4. Built for Pyro: A Perfect Inferno on the \u003ci\u003eDeepwater Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e (2016)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTyler Priest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eChernobyl \u003c\/i\u003e(2019): A Soviet Propaganda Win Delivered Thirty-Three Years Late\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 2: Energy and Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eWings\u003c\/i\u003e (1927): Aviation, War, and Energy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eConevery Bolton Valencius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e7. Derricks and Skulls: Filming and Promoting the Extractive Landscapes of \u003ci\u003eBoom Town\u003c\/i\u003e (1940)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichaela Rife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e8. Petrodocumentary in the 1940s: The Standard Oil Photography Project, \u003ci\u003eLouisiana Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), and the Domestication of the US Oil Industry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Roehl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e9. TVA and the Price of Progress: Elia Kazan’s \u003ci\u003eWild River\u003c\/i\u003e (1960)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald C. Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e10. Do Action Movies and an Environmental Message Mix? About as Much as Oil and Water: \u003ci\u003eOn Deadly Ground\u003c\/i\u003e (1994)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeresa Sabol Spezio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 3: Critiquing the Western\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e11. Selling the American “Oil Frontier”: \u003ci\u003eTulsa\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), \u003ci\u003eGiant\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), and American Resource Politics during the Early Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Stanford-McIntyre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e12. Ranches to Oil Wells: Reconfiguring the Western Hero in \u003ci\u003eHellfighters\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) an\u003ci\u003eFires of Kuwait\u003c\/i\u003e (1992)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIla Tyagi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e13. Revisiting \u003ci\u003eMatewan\u003c\/i\u003e (1987): Upending the Appalachian “Western” and Broadening an Old Labor Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames R. Allison III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e14. “This Is the Third World”: Coal-Fired America in \u003ci\u003eMontana\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and \u003ci\u003ePowwow Highway\u003c\/i\u003e (1989)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyan Driskell Tate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e15. Hydrocarbon Nostalgia and Climate Disaster: An Environmental History of \u003ci\u003eHell or High Water\u003c\/i\u003e (2016)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Boxell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 4: Energy and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e16. Control of the Industry: Nineteenth-Century Oil and Capitalism in \u003ci\u003eHigh, Wide and Handsome\u003c\/i\u003e (1937)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Finkelstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e17. \u003ci\u003eThe Formula\u003c\/i\u003e (1980): Corporate Villains, Synthetic Fuel, and Environmental Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaechel Lutz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e18. “Keep Moving”: \u003ci\u003eConvoy\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), Car Films, and Petropopulism in the 1970s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaleb Wellum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e19. There Will Be Petroleum Cinema: Portraying the Corrosion of Oil Addiction in \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e (2007)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian C. Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 5: Energy and the State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e20. There’s No Business Like Oil Business: The Allure of Tax-Sheltered Oil Income to Hollywood’s Wealthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eYuxun Willy Tan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e21. “Limitless Power at Man’s Command” \u003ci\u003eA Is for Atom\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), the Cold War, and Visions of the Nuclear Future in the 1950s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah E. Robey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e22. \u003ci\u003eSyriana\u003c\/i\u003e (2005): The Oil Curse and Hollywood’s 9\/11 Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Lifset\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e23. Hoover Dam in Hollywood: Energy Anxiety in \u003ci\u003eSuperman\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), \u003ci\u003eTransformers\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eSan Andreas\u003c\/i\u003e (2015)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Macfarlane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043351822679,"sku":"9781952271762","price":23.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781952271762.jpg?v=1750957950","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-energy-cinema-9781952271762","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}