David S. Roh

Techno-Orientalism

Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

Edited by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta A. Niu

Rutgers University Press

To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in literary, cinematic, and new media representations, while critically examining the stereotype of Asians as both technologically advanced and intellectually primitive, in dire need of Western consciousness-raising.

Copyright year: 2015

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Techno-Orientalism 2.0

New Intersections and Interventions

Edited by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu, and Christopher T. Fan

Rutgers University Press

Techno-Orientalism 2.0 addresses the impact of a volatile post-COVID present on speculative futures by and about Asians. The volume engages with techno-Orientalist inflections in recent high-profile and lesser-known Asian and Asian American speculative fiction, film, television, anime, art, music, journalism, architecture, state-sponsored policy and infrastructural projects, and the now-dominant China Panic.

Copyright year: 2025

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Techno-Orientalism

Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

Edited by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta A. Niu

Rutgers University Press

To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in literary, cinematic, and new media representations, while critically examining the stereotype of Asians as both technologically advanced and intellectually primitive, in dire need of Western consciousness-raising.

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Techno-Orientalism 2.0

New Intersections and Interventions

Edited by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu, and Christopher T. Fan

Rutgers University Press

Techno-Orientalism 2.0 addresses the impact of a volatile post-COVID present on speculative futures by and about Asians. The volume engages with techno-Orientalist inflections in recent high-profile and lesser-known Asian and Asian American speculative fiction, film, television, anime, art, music, journalism, architecture, state-sponsored policy and infrastructural projects, and the now-dominant China Panic.

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