steamfunk

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of steampunk +‎ funk. Popularized by the 2013 short story anthology Steamfunk! co-edited by Milton Davis and Balogun Ojetade.

Noun

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steamfunk (uncountable)

  1. (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.

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