Call for Contributors: Steaming into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology
We are seeking contributors for a collection of critical essays on Steampunk. Steampunk remains an elusive topic even among its admirers and practitioners, but at its heart, it re-imagines the Victorian age (both in the future and the past), and re-works its technology, fashion, and values with a dose of anti-modernism. From sci-fi and fantasy to websites catering to a steampunk lifestyle, this multi-faceted genre demands greater scholarly analysis.
The editors of this anthology seek contributions in the following suggested subject areas (but we are not limited to these):
Steampunk Film Steampunk Literature (romance; historical fiction/sci fi, etc
Steampunk History Steampunk Fashion/dress history
Steampunk Technology Steampunk Fandom/fan culture
Steampunk Art & Design Steampunk as Culture/Lifestyle
Gender, Race, Class and Steampunk Critiques of existing analyses of s.p.
Submission Guidelines: Send a 1000 word abstract in Microsoft Word by email attachment on or before August 15, 2011; include a brief biography or vita. International submissions are welcomed and encouraged.
Abstracts chosen for inclusion in the anthology will be considered “conditional acceptances” – the editors will secure the submission in the volume, but the editors reserve the right to reject any full essay that does not meet the standards (of style/content, etc) agreed to between the editors and authors. Endnotes are mandatory; illustrations are encouraged and must be secured (along with permissions)by the author and submitted with the final draft.
Editors:
Dr. Julie Anne Taddeo
History Dept., University of Maryland
Email:
taddeo@mail.umd.eduDr. Cynthia Miller
Institute for Liberal Arts, Emerson
Email:
cynthia_miller@emerson.eduDr. Ken Dvorak
Northern New Mexico College
email:
krdvorak@gmail.comFYI: Taddeo & Dvorak are the editors of The Tube Has Spoken: Reality TV and History (University Press of Kentucky 2009). We do not yet have a press lined up but have several possibilities and a good track record in getting published.
