Estetyka petrokultury. Jak i dlaczego (nie) opowiadamy o ropie naftowej
Petroculture Aesthetics. How and Why We (Don’t) Tell Stories about Oil

Summary/Abstract: The article mentions a trend developing in the Anglo-Saxon academia for nearly a decade,namely energy humanities, which constitutes the text’s methodological foundation.Referring to diagnoses of this trend, Lubińska analyzes the reasons for the absence ofthe theme of oil in current Western culture, especially literature. To that end, the articleargues that – among other energy sources – oil remains particularly invisible in culture.These observations are confirmed through references to numerous literary texts thatdeal with coal. Lubińska answers why representations of oil are primarily the domain ofvisual art rather than literature.

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