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Clockwork Rhetoric - The Language and Style of Steampunk (Paperback)
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Clockwork Rhetoric - The Language and Style of Steampunk (Paperback)
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This unique book explores how the aesthetic and cultural movement
""Steampunk"" persuades audiences and wins new acolytes. Steampunk
is an aesthetic style grounded in the Victorian era, in clothing
and accoutrements modeled on a heightened and hyper-extended age of
steam. In addition to its modeling of attire and other symbolic
trappings, what is most distinctive is its adherents' use of a
machined aesthetic based on steam engines and early electrical
machinery - gears, pistons, shafts, wheels, induction motors,
clockwork and so forth. Precursors to steampunk can be found in the
works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. The imagery of the American
West contributed to the aesthetic - revolvers, locomotives, and
rifles of the late nineteenth century. Among young people,
steampunk has found common aesthetic cause with Goth style.
Examples from literature and popular culture include William
Gibson's fiction, China Mieville's novels, the classic film
Metropolis, and the BBC series Doctor Who. This volume recognizes
that steampunk, a unique popular culture phenomenon, presents a
prime opportunity for rhetorical criticism. Steampunk's art, style,
and narratives convey complex social and political meanings.
Chapters in Clockwork Rhetoric explore topics ranging from jewelry
to Japanese anime to contemporary imperialism to fashion.
Throughout, the book demonstrates how language influences consumers
of steampunk to hold certain social and political attitudes and
commitments.
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