{"product_id":"steampunk-film-a-critical-introduction-9781501331213","title":"Steampunk Film: A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robbie McAllister\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteampunk Film: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e is a concise and accessible overview of steampunk's indelible impact within film, and acts as a case study for examining the ways with which genres hybridize and coalesce into new forms. Since the beginning of the 21st century, a series of high-profile and big-budget films have adopted steampunk identities to re-imagine periods of industrial development into fantastical histories where future meets past. By calling this growing mass-cultural fetishism for anachronistic machines into question, this book examines how a retro-futuristic romanticism for technology powered by cogs, pistons and steam-engines has taken center stage in blockbuster cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the first monograph to consider cinema's unique relationship with steampunk, it places this burgeoning genre in the context of ongoing debates within film theory: each of which reflecting the movement's remarkable interest in reengineering historical technologies. Rather than acting as a niche subculture, Robbie McAllister argues that steampunk's proliferation in mainstream filmmaking reflects a desire to reassess contemporary relationships with technology and navigate the intense changes that the medium itself is experiencing in the 21st century.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45086513037463,"sku":"9781501331213","price":16487.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501331213.webp?v=1767898711","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/steampunk-film-a-critical-introduction-9781501331213","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}