{"product_id":"9781635902884","title":"The Age of Oil","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSmith, Duncan; Rubinstein, Raphael\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSemiotext(e)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long out-of-print lost classic, from a pivotal figure of New York’s art and No Wave film scenes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1987 and long impossible to find, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Oil \u003c\/i\u003ecollects fifteen essays by Duncan Smith (1954–1991), a pivotal figure of the downtown New York art and No Wave film scenes. Drawing on Freud, Lacan, and Derrida, Smith developed a unique style that pushed the strategies of poststructuralism into the realm of experimental writing. Smith’s obsessive pursuit of “cryptograms” in essays such as the linguistic tour de force “Calling All Cars” paralleled and almost certainly influenced his friend Jean-Michel Basquiat’s use of text in his paintings. A candid chronicler of New York City gay life and a sharp-eyed observer of American pop culture, Smith also theorized, most notably in his text “On the Current Symbolic Status of Oil,” that the ubiquity of petroleum products has inescapably structured our language and society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimultaneously with this new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Oil\u003c\/i\u003e, Semiotext(e) is bringing out \u003ci\u003eDays in the Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e, the never-before-published book Smith completed before his death from AIDS.","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48215200661759,"sku":"9781635902884","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781635902884_s600x595.jpg?v=1780336430","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781635902884","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}