techno-orientalism en · NOUN
Etymology
From techno- + orientalism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Use of Asian aesthetics and cultural elements in Western works of science fiction.
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.
2020 December 8, George Yang, “Orientalism, ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction”, in Wired, →ISSN: