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An Alternate History of Gender Identity: Neo-Victorian Gender Nonconformity in Scott Westerfield’s Leviathan Trilogy (INCS 2015)

As an alternate history genre, steampunk literature builds its worlds by answering the “what if?” question of science fiction and fantasy; it does so by tweaking nineteenth-century history and literature and engaging with cultural discourses of the day. Steampunk often … Continue reading

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