Subject: steampunk

Culture: American

Setting: gaslight

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* Donovan 2011 p32-33 (GD Falksen, "Steampunk 101" p30-33)

"A genre as large as Steampunk has a wide-ranging appeal. Some people are drawn to it from a love of the Victorian period. Others enjoy Steampunk's unique approach to technology: reimagining modern capabilities with nineteenth century machines. Many people are drawn to it in light of its fashion aspects, which allow them to sample and even combine a range of clothing styles and accessories from across the nineteenth century world. One critical aspect of Steampunk is the tremendous diversity of appeal it presents, which allows it to offer something for just about everyone. Steampunk is also aided by a more general neovintage movement, which has been steadily progressing through mainstream fashion, film, and aesthetics. But even this cannot wholly explain Steampunk's appeal. The genre possesses a life of its own that draws in fans from countless directions and backgrounds into a world where fashion is tailored to the individual, goods are made to last, and machinery is still regarded as a thing of visual majesty."

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