Techno-Orientalism by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta Aiyu N... - 9780813570631

Techno-OrientalismImagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media\nAuthor(s): David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta Aiyu Niu, Greta A. Niu, David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta Aiyu Niu, Greta A. Niu, Kenneth Hough, Jason Crum\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813570631, 978-0813570631\nSynopsis\nWhat 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 representations, while critically examining the stereotype of Asians as both technologically advanced and intellectually primitive, in dire need of Western consciousness-[url] co.