steamfunk
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of steampunk + funk. Popularized by the 2013 short story anthology Steamfunk! co-edited by Milton Davis and Balogun Ojetade.
Noun
[edit]steamfunk (uncountable)
- (science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction that combines elements of steampunk with a focus on Black culture and Afrofuturism.
- 2016 November 19, Ida Yoshinaga, Lynette James, “Labors of Hope and Liberation: Nisi Shawl’s Steamfunk Novel “Everfair””, in Los Angeles Review of Books[1]:
- By reimagining the past, Nisi Shawl’s steamfunk novel “Everfair” soars towards a feminist, afrofuturist vision of liberational technology.
Further reading
[edit]- “steamfunk”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.