Title Life in oil : Cofán survival in the petroleum fields of Amazonia / Michael L. Cepek ; photographs by Bear Guerra

Published Austin : University of Texas Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Black water -- Dureno -- The death of Yori'ye -- The Cocama arrive -- Damaged world -- Prohibition and protest -- The possibility of coexistence -- Life in oil Summary Oil is one of the world's most important commodities, but few people know how its extraction affects the residents of petroleum-producing regions. In the 1960s, the Texaco corporation discovered crude in the territory of Ecuador's indigenous Cofán nation. Within a decade, Ecuador had become a member of OPEC, and the Cofán watched as their forests fell, their rivers ran black, and their bodies succumbed to new illnesses. In 1993, they became plaintiffs in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit that aims to compensate them for the losses they have suffered. Yet even in the midst of a tragic toxic disaster, the Cofán have refused to be destroyed. While seeking reparations for oil's assault on their lives, they remain committed to the survival of their language, culture, and rainforest homeland. Life in Oil presents the compelling, nuanced story of how the Cofán manage to endure at the center of Ecuadorian petroleum extraction. Michael L. Cepek has lived and worked with Cofán people for more than twenty years. In this highly accessible book, he goes well beyond popular and academic accounts of their suffering to share the largely unknown stories that Cofán people themselves create--the ones they tell in their own language, in their own communities, and to one another and the few outsiders they know and trust. Their words reveal that life in oil is a form of slow, confusing violence for some of the earth's most marginalized, yet resilient, inhabitants Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Cofán Indians -- Ecuador -- Dureno Cofán Indians -- Ecuador -- Dureno -- Social conditions Oil spills -- Environmental aspects -- Amazon River Region Oil spills -- Social aspects -- Amazon River Region Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Amazon River Region HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural Cofán Indians Ecology Oil spills -- Environmental aspects Oil spills -- Social aspects Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects SUBJECT Dureno (Ecuador) -- Environmental conditions Amazon River Region -- Environmental conditions Subject Amazon River Region Ecuador -- Dureno Form Electronic book Author Guerra, Bear, photographer. ISBN 9781477315095 1477315098 9781477315101 1477315101

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