{"title":"Elizabeth Barrios","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Barrios\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate landscapes where creativity meets perception. Her works delve into the subtle interplay between imagination and reality, inviting readers to challenge their understanding of artistic expression and cultural narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Barrios’s writing offers a thoughtful examination of contemporary creativity, highlighting both its triumphs and limitations. Her prose encourages a reflective journey into the depths of human creativity and the failures that often accompany it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"failures-of-the-imagination-by-elizabeth-barrios-9780822948902","title":"Failures of the Imagination","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\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-fuelled status quo. Elizabeth Barrios examines the ideologies that helped normalise oil production in Venezuela, which further made oil-led development appear to be the only path to prosperity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnchored 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934023958764,"sku":"9780822948902","price":367.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780822948902-failures-of-the-imagination.jpg?v=1783890364"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/elizabeth-barrios.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}