Boom or bust : narrative, life, and culture in the West Texas oil patch /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Stief, Sheena B., 1985- (Editor), Figgins, Kristen L., 1988- (Editor), Babcock, Rebecca Day, 1968- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects > Texas, West. Texas, West > Social life and customs > 21st century. Texas, West > Social conditions > 21st century. Texas, West > Economic conditions > 21st century.

Table of 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