Global Energy Cultures of Speed and Lightness: Materials, Mobilities and Transnational Power

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 127-154

  Sheller, Mimi ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum; assemblage; electric grid; energy; materiality; mobility; speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907073764     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276414537909     Document Type: Article

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