Research Catalog

Title

Boom or bust : narrative, life, and culture in the West Texas oil patch / edited by Sheena B. Stief, Kristen L. Figgins, Rebecca Day Babcock.

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stief, Sheena B., 1985-
• Figgins, Kristen L., 1988-
• Babcock, Rebecca Day, 1968-

Description

xi, 207 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"This collection of essays highlights the personal experiences of those directly affected by the boom-and-bust cycles of an economy dominated by oil and natural gas production in the Permian Basin"--

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects > Texas, West
• Economic history
• Manners and customs
• Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects
• Social conditions
• Texas, West > Social life and customs > 21st century
• Texas, West > Social conditions > 21st century
• Texas, West > Economic conditions > 21st century
• West Texas

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Call Number

JFE 21-2635

ISBN

• 9780806168616
• 0806168617

LCCN

• 2020040397
• 40030495080

OCLC

1196820178

Title

Boom or bust : narrative, life, and culture in the West Texas oil patch / edited by Sheena B. Stief, Kristen L. Figgins, Rebecca Day Babcock.

Publisher

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Stief, Sheena B., 1985- editor.

Figgins, Kristen L., 1988- editor.

Babcock, Rebecca Day, 1968- editor.

Other Standard Identifier

40030495080

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2635