Kathe Hicks Albrecht

The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk

Contemporary Philosophy, Victorian Aesthetics, and the Future

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Produktbeschreibung

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 world. It expresses optimism for the future but it also delivers a note of caution about our human role in light of the ubiquitous machine. Thus, despite adopting an aesthetic and lifestyle straight out of the Victorian scientific romance, steampunk addresses significant twenty-first 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781501384271
• ISBN-10: 1501384279
• Artikelnr.: 65829379

Autorenporträt

Kathe Hicks Albrecht is a philosophy, aesthetics, and art theory instructor at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA. She has taught in the college classroom, educational seminars, and professional workshops. Her work on educational issues is broadly published and has appeared in Art Documentation, MCN SPECTRA, Getty Institute Publications, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Bibliography Notes Index