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The Nonhuman Narratives of Energy: Multispecies Encounters in Extraction Zones (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)
by: Josephine Taylor (Author)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2025-06-14
Language: English
Print Length: 179 pages
ISBN-10: 3031943317
ISBN-13: 9783031943317
Book Description
This book brings the emerging field of petrocultures and energy humanities discourse into conversation with the field of animal studies. Taylor examines how fossil fuels have frequently been described as the lifeblood of capitalist modernity, making petroleum appear as something intrinsic to human life. Through examining works such as Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon andMichel Faber’s Under the Skin, this book highlights the commodification of nonhuman life in the history of energy and, paradoxically, how these nonhuman actors have been unacknowledged and silenced through time.
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This book brings the emerging field of petrocultures and energy humanities discourse into conversation with the field of animal studies. Taylor examines how fossil fuels have frequently been described as the lifeblood of capitalist modernity, making petroleum appear as something intrinsic to human life. Through examining works such as Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon andMichel Faber’s Under the Skin, this book highlights the commodification of nonhuman life in the history of energy and, paradoxically, how these nonhuman actors have been unacknowledged and silenced through time.
