Techno-Orientalism is a cultural theory critiquing the depiction of Asia and Asian culture as hyper-technologized within literature, media, and various cultural work. Films and novels in the genre of cyberpunk are frequently cited for fetishizing Asian aesthetics, setting futuristic fiction in Asian landscapes, and portraying Asia as a place of advanced technology while simultaneously depicting it as cold, dystopian, and dehumanized.
Techno-Orientalism is a cultural theory critiquing the depiction of Asia and Asian culture as hyper-technologized within literature, media, and various cultural work. Films and novels in the genre of cyberpunk are frequently cited for fetishizing Asian aesthetics, setting futuristic fiction in Asian landscapes, and portraying Asia as a place of advanced technology while simultaneously depicting it as cold, dystopian, and dehumanized.
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