Barry Brummett 
Clockwork Rhetoric [EPUB ebook] 
The Language and Style of Steampunk

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This unique book explores how the aesthetic and cultural movement “Steampunk” persuades audiences and wins new acolytes. Steampunk is an aesthetic style grounded in the Victorian era, in clothing and accoutrements modeled on a heightened and hyper-extended age of steam. In addition to its modeling of attire and other symbolic trappings, what is most distinctive is its adherents‘ use of a machined aesthetic based on steam engines and early electrical machinery—gears, pistons, shafts, wheels, induction motors, clockwork and so forth.
Precursors to steampunk can be found in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. The imagery of the American West contributed to the aesthetic—revolvers, locomotives, and rifles of the late nineteenth century. Among young people, steampunk has found common aesthetic cause with Goth style. Examples from literature and popular culture include William Gibson’s fiction, China Miéville’s novels, the classic film
Metropolis, and the BBC series
Doctor Who. This volume recognizes that steampunk, a unique popular culture phenomenon, presents a prime opportunity for rhetorical criticism.
Steampunk’s art, style, and narratives convey complex social and political meanings. Chapters in
Clockwork Rhetoric explore topics ranging from jewelry to Japanese anime to contemporary imperialism to fashion. Throughout, the book demonstrates how language influences consumers of steampunk to hold certain social and political attitudes and commitments.

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Barry Brummett is Charles Sapp Centennial Professor in Communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of A Rhetoric of Style and Rhetorical Homologies: Form, Culture, Experience.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 224 ● ISBN 9781626743120 ● Dateigröße 2.0 MB ● Herausgeber Barry Brummett ● Verlag University Press of Mississippi ● Ort Jackson ● Land US ● Erscheinungsjahr 2014 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5378623 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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