Techno-Orientalism 2.0: New Intersections and Interventions (Asian American Studies Today)

By: Greta A. Niu and Betsy Huang and David S. Roh and Lori Kido Lopez and Anna Romina Guevarra and Gerald Sim and Charles Tung and Jane Park and Christopher T. Fan and Justin Battin and Agnieszka Kiejziewicz and Edmond Chang and Clare Kim and Won Jeon and Adhy Kim and Jung Soo Lee and Kimberly McKee and Imran Parray and Baryon Posadas and Thomas Sarmiento and Leland Tabares and Rachel Tay and Jae Yeon Yoo and Liujia Tian and Shana Ye and Greta Aiyu Niu

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Synopsis: Building on the groundbreaking Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media, published by Rutgers University Press in 2015, Techno-Orientalism 2.0: New Intersections and Interventions addresses the impact of a volatile post-pandemic present on speculative futures by and about Asians. The backdrop of this highly anticipated follow-up is a world that is radically different than in 2015: COVID-19, threats of a “new cold war” with China, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the reemergence of “strong man” politics around the world. An essential volume for this new critical juncture in Asian American history, Techno-Orientalism 2.0 catalogs intersectional dialogue with discourses such as Afrofuturism, Indigenous futurities, environmentalism, and disability studies. It also engages with recent high-profile and lesser-known works of Asian and Asian American speculative fiction, film, television, anime, art, music, journalism, architecture, state-sponsored policies and infrastructural projects, and the now-dominant China Panic.