Format:
1 Online-Ressource (208 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781501349355
Content:
List of Plates -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Origins of Steampunk: Science Fiction and Victoriana -- 2. The Victorian/Steampunk Connection: Upheaval, Discovery and the Birth of Modernism -- 3. The Steampunk Aesthetic in Contemporary Visual Art -- 4. Performing Steampunk -- 5. Steampunk's Challenge to Contemporary Philosophy -- 6. Beyond Steampunk -- Notes -- Bibliography
Content:
"What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Old-fashioned eye goggles, lace corsets, leather vests, brass gears and gadgets, mechanical clocks, the look appears across popular culture, in movies, art, fashion, and literature. But steampunk is both an aesthetic program and a way-of-life and its underlying philosophy is the key to its broad appeal. Steampunk champions a new autonomy for the individual caught up in today's technology-driven society. It expresses optimism for the future but it also delivers a note of caution about our human role in a world of ever more ubiquitous and powerful machines. Thus, despite adopting an aesthetic and lifestyle straight out of the Victorian scientific romance, steampunk addresses significant 21st-century concerns about what lies ahead for humankind. The movement recovers autonomy from prevailing trends even as it challenges us to ask what it is to be human today."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501384271
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501349324
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501384271
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781501384271
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781501349355
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