Tar Wars
eBook - ePub

Tar Wars

Oil, Environment and Alberta's Image

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Tar Wars

Oil, Environment and Alberta's Image

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About This Book

Tar Wars offers a critical inside look at how leading image-makers negotiate escalating tensions between continuous economic growth mandated by a globalized economic system and its unsustainable environmental costs. As place branding assumes paramount importance in an increasingly global, visual, and ecologically conscious society, an international battle unfolds over Alberta's bituminous sands. This battle pits independent documentary filmmakers against professional communicators employed by government and the oil industry. Tar Wars engages scholars and students in communications, film, environmental studies, social psychology, PR, media and cultural studies, and petrocultures. This book also speaks to decision makers, activists, and citizens exploring intersections of energy, environment, culture, politics, economy, media and power.

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Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781772122756
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1 The Problem of the Sands
  8. 2 Four Foundational Principles
  9. 3 Images and Frames of Alberta
  10. 4 Positioning and Contesting Alberta
  11. 5 Visually Redefining Alberta
  12. 6 Implications
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Index
  16. About the Author
  17. Other Titles from The University of Alberta Press