techno-orientalism

English

Etymology

From techno- +‎ orientalism.

Noun

techno-orientalism (uncountable)

1. (science fiction) Use of Asian aesthetics and cultural elements in Western works of science fiction.

   Hypernym: orientalism

   • 2020 December 8, George Yang, “Orientalism, ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction”, in Wired‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The origins of the cyberpunk genre involve Western anxieties about the East. Techno-orientalism is the use of Asian aesthetics in cyberpunk, futuristic, and dystopian settings.

Related terms

• techno-oriental

See also

• Afrofuturism