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.

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