A popular sub-genre of fantasy and science fiction, steampunk
re-imagines the Victorian age in the future, and re-works its
technology, fashion, and values with a dose of anti-modernism.
While often considered solely through the lens of literature,
steampunk is, in fact, a complex phenomenon that also affects,
transforms, and unites a wide range of disciplines, such as art,
music, film, television, fashion, new media, and material culture.
In Steaming into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology, Julie
Anne Taddeo and Cynthia J. Miller have assembled a collection of
essays that consider the social and cultural aspects of this
multi-faceted genre. The essays included in this volume examine
various manifestations of steampunk-both separately and in relation
to each other-in order to better understand the steampunk
sub-culture and its effect on-and interrelationship with-popular
culture and the wider society. This volume expands and extends
existing scholarship on steampunk in order to explore many
previously unconsidered questions about cultural creativity, social
networking, fandom, appropriation, and the creation of meaning.
With a foreword by pop-culture scholar Ken Dvorak, an afterword by
steampunk expert Jeff VanderMeer, and several illustrations by
artist Jody Steel, Steaming into a Victorian Future offers a wide
ranging look at the impact of steampunk, as well as the individuals
who create, interpret, and consume it.
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