[ecrea] new book Like Clockwork - Rachel A. Bowser & Brian Croxall

A new publication from University of Minnesota Press

Free postage to UK customers

http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/like-clockwork

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*Like Clockwork***

*Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures***

/Edited by Rachel A. Bowser & Brian Croxall///

"A lively, engaging collection of essays about the past, present, future 
(and alternate versions thereof) of steampunk culture, literature and 
meaning, ranging from disability and queerness to ethos and digital 
humanities."—Boing Boing

Co-winner, Ray & Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular 
Culture and American Culture

Once a small subculture, the steampunk phenomenon exploded in visibility 
during the first years of the twenty-first century, its influence and 
prominence increasing ever since. From its Victorian and literary roots 
to film and television, video games, music, and even fashion, this 
subgenre of science fiction reaches far and wide within current culture. 
Here Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall present cutting-edge essays on 
steampunk: its rise in popularity, its many manifestations, and why we 
should pay attention.

/Like Clockwork/offers wide-ranging perspectives on steampunk’s history 
and its place in contemporary culture, all while speaking to the “why” 
and “why now” of the genre. In her essay, Catherine Siemann draws on 
authors such as William Gibson and China Miéville to analyze steampunk 
cities; Kathryn Crowther turns to disability studies to examine the role 
of prosthetics within steampunk as well as the contemporary culture of 
access; and Diana M. Pho reviews the racial and national identities of 
steampunk, bringing in discussions of British chap-hop artists, African 
American steamfunk practitioners, and multicultural steampunk fan cultures.

 From disability and queerness to ethos and digital humanities, /Like 
Clockwork/ explores the intriguing history of steampunk to evaluate the 
influence of the genre from the 1970s through the twenty-first century.

Contributors: Kathryn Crowther, Perimeter College at Georgia State 
University; Shaun Duke, University of Florida; Stefania Forlini, 
University of Calgary (Canada); Lisa Hager, University of 
Wisconsin–Waukesha; Mike Perschon, MacEwan University in Edmonton, 
Alberta; Diana M. Pho; David Pike, American University; Catherine 
Siemann, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Joseph Weakland, Georgia 
Institute of Technology; Roger Whitson, Washington State University.

*Rachel A. Bowser *is associate professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett 
College.

*Brian Croxall*is digital humanities librarian at Brown University.

University of Minnesota Press | December 2016| 288pp | 9781517900632 | 
Paperback | £21.99*

20% discount with this code: CSL17STEAM**

*Price subject to change.

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