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Pipeline Cinema: The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil Extraction in Iran and Iraq

Pipeline Cinema: The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil Extraction in Iran and Iraq

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Film StudiesGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0520424301
ISBN13: 9780520424302
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Dec 23 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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Pipeline Cinema explores the intertwined histories of documentary film and the oil industry in mid-twentieth century Iran and Iraq. Reading against the grain of oil company archives, Mona Damluji reveals how wells, pipelines, pumping stations, and refineries were sites of cinematic production and exhibition, at once normalizing and challenging neocolonial extraction. Shining a light on cultural workers and labor movements, this book offers a distinctly humanistic lens on an otherwise dehumanizing petroleum industry.

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