{"product_id":"failures-of-the-imagination-reckoning-with-oil-in-venezuelan-cultural-production-paperback","title":"Failures of the Imagination: Reckoning with Oil in Venezuelan Cultural Production - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Barrios\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the precariousness of an oil-based economy and the government's professed concern about climate change, a failure of imagination regarding alternatives continues to trap Venezuela in an oil-fueled status quo. Elizabeth Barrios examines the ideologies that helped normalize oil production in Venezuela, which further made oil-led development appear to be the only path to prosperity. Anchored in analyses of literature and media from the 1930s to the 2000s, Barrios argues that the creation of post-oil societies is not simply a question of economics or technology; it is a cultural issue that requires engaging the artistic imagination. She calls for new ways of reading that re-situate Venezuelan cultural production within a planetary ecology of oil. With interdisciplinary reach across energy humanities, environmental studies, and Latin American cultural analysis, \u003ci\u003eFailures of the Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e challenges readers to confront the narrative infrastructures of extractivism and to imagine life beyond the logic of oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Barrios\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Albion College. Her research explores ecology, energy humanities, and Latin American and Latina\/o literature and media, with an emphasis on Venezuela and its global diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.99 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44404938211379,"sku":"9780822967965","price":162.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/PlOueuUgIO9780822967965.webp?v=1780538054","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/failures-of-the-imagination-reckoning-with-oil-in-venezuelan-cultural-production-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}