Tar wars : oil, environment and Alberta's image

Summary: <i>Two Wars</i> offers a critical inside look at how leading image makers negotiate escalating tensions between continuous growth mandated by a globalized economic system and its unsustainable environmental costs. As place branding assumes paramount importance in an increasingly global, visual, and exologically conscious society, an international battle unfolds over Alberta's bituminous sands. This battle pits independent documentary filmmakers against professional communicators employed by government and the oil industry.

Record details

ISBN: 9781772121407 (paperback) :
Physical Description: print
xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgements -- The problem of the sands -- Four foundational principles -- Images and frames of Alberta -- Positioning and contesting Alberta -- Visually redefining Alberta -- Implications -- Notes -- References -- Index.