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OverviewProviding a holistic understanding of extensive oil extraction in rural Mexico, this book focuses on a campesino community, where oil extraction is deeply inscribed into the daily lives of the community members. The book shows how oil shapes the space where it is extracted in every aspect and produces multiple uncertainties. The community members express these uncertainties using the metaphor of the time bomb. The book shows how they find ways to ""live off the time bomb"" by using mechanisms of short-term coping and long-term adaptation and thus, developing the capability to determine their lives despite the ever-changing challenges. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Svenja SchöneichPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781805397182ISBN 10: 1805397184 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Entering the Oilscape Chapter 1. Theorizing Oil: A Conceptualization of the Oilscape Chapter 2. A Mexican Oil Story – historic Background and contemporary Setting Chapter 3. From Booms, Declines and Time Bombs - Temporalities of Oil in Emiliano Zapata Chapter 4. From an Ejido to an Extraction Site – Materialities of Oil in Emiliano Zapata Chapter 5. Dealing with the Dragon – Social Dynamics and Ambiguity in Emiliano Zapata Conclusion and Discussion References IndexReviews“Living on a Time Bomb is a thoroughly argued and ethnographically rich case study of a rural Mexican community. It develops a theoretically-compelling concept—the oilscape—and demonstrates how the analysis can help us to understand landscapes of extraction.” • Sam Holley-Kline, Florida State University Author InformationSvenja Schöneich is a research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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