And with all due respect to Charles Stross, I really don't care that it glosses over 19th century class struggles. Having an 'aha!' moment. I just finished up a sci-fi course where steampunk was mentioned with a passing "I don't like it because it glosses over 19th century class struggles, racism, etc." and little else - partially due to time constraints, but partially, I think, because the prof didn't want to get into that level of problematic analysis... It's nice to have a name to put to that. Thanks.
It's also really nice to see and hear from a different perspective on it! I'm really intrigued by steampunk and where it came from/where it's gonna be going, but that is unfortunately the sum total of my experience with it right now.
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Having an 'aha!' moment. I just finished up a sci-fi course where steampunk was mentioned with a passing "I don't like it because it glosses over 19th century class struggles, racism, etc." and little else - partially due to time constraints, but partially, I think, because the prof didn't want to get into that level of problematic analysis... It's nice to have a name to put to that. Thanks.
It's also really nice to see and hear from a different perspective on it! I'm really intrigued by steampunk and where it came from/where it's gonna be going, but that is unfortunately the sum total of my experience with it right now.