Petrochemical Nocturne Wright Amos Jasper
Petrochemical Nocturne Wright Amos Jasper The Mississippi River. HAZMAT. Boxing. New Orleans Saints football. Suicide by cop. The Angola prison rodeo. Chemical explosions. Chlorine gas ghost ships.…
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Petrochemical Nocturne Wright Amos Jasper
The Mississippi River. HAZMAT. Boxing. New Orleans Saints football. Suicide by cop.
The Angola prison rodeo. Chemical explosions. Chlorine gas ghost ships.
Through these symbols and themes we learn about Toussaint, (an African-American named after the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture) and his formative experiences in the Standard Heights neighborhood of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Petrochemical Nocturne is an indictment of what Toussaint describes as "that dystopian haunted carnival cruise line called America." as Standard Heights and the ExxonMobil refinery which has destroyed it supply the energy and refined petroleum products which enable contemporary consumerism.A discursive exploration of environmental racism, southern history, the prison-industrial complex, police brutality, intergenerational trauma, and climate change, Petrochemical