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Title Boom or bust : narrative, life, and culture from the West Texas oil patch / edited by Sheena B. Stief, Kristen L. Figgins, Rebecca Day Babcock
Published Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 207 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Part I. What it is and who they are -- Oil booms and busts: past and present / Diana Davids Hinton -- What energy humanities is and why it matters / Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe -- Folk-linguistic oil industry research / Aliethia Dean -- Part II. The narratives -- Writing West Texas: A note on the boom-or-bust writing workshops / Jason Lagapa -- My heart remembers / Kay Kolb -- Booms, busts, and boys / Katie Groneman -- My life as an oilfield wife / Julie Stief -- Oil industry ups and downs / Dennis Robbins -- Not all glitters in the search for black gold / Dave Stief -- Two coworkers / Bryce Heckman -- The IRS / Edith Biegler Vandervoort -- East of Eden / Chris Bartlett -- The dance / Sheena B. Stief -- Earnest / Jessica Young -- Boom or bust: the oil industry and its impact on higher education / R. Nichole Rougeau-Vanderford -- 432 Township / Daniella Garcia -- Part III. The view from the arts -- Crude: the unrefined communities and landscapes of petrofiction / Kristen L. Figgins -- There will be boom, bust, and blood: West Texas oil films and the indictment of Late capitalism / Mark E. Wildermuth -- Tank Town boogie: oil patch songs from the Permian Basin / Joe W. Specht
Summary With the ensuing declines in population, small businesses close their doors and unemployment levels rise. Despite the inevitable declines and despite the increase in alternative energy resources, many West Texans feel a sense of pride that borders on patriotism. Boom or Bust reveals the full complexity of boomtown culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Texas, West
Economic history
Manners and customs
Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects
Social conditions
SUBJECT Texas, West -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Texas, West -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Texas, West -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Subject West Texas
Form Electronic book
Author Stief, Sheena B., 1985- editor.
Figgins, Kristen L., 1988- editor.
Babcock, Rebecca Day, 1968- editor.
ISBN 9780806169989
0806169982