Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

(Part of the Asian American Studies Today Series)

by Seo-Young Chu

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What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813570638

ISBN13:9780813570631

Release Date:April 2015

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.09 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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