| Dis-Orienting Planets: Racial Representations of Asia in Science Fiction Contributor(s): Lavender, Isiah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1496811526 ISBN-13: 9781496811523 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 809.387 |
| LCCN: 2016036167 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.27 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contributions by Suparno Banerjee, Cait Coker, Jeshua Enriquez, Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Malisa Kurtz, Stephanie Li, Bradford Lyau, Uppinder Mehan, Graham J. Murphy, Baryon Tensor Posadas, Amy J. Ransom, Robin Anne Reid, Haerin Shin, Stephen Hong Sohn, Takayuki Tatsumi, and Timothy J. Yamamura Isiah Lavender III's Dis-Orienting Planets amplifies critical issues surrounding the racial and ethnic dimensions of science fiction. This edited volume explores depictions of Asia and Asians in science fiction literature, film, and fandom with particular regard to China, Japan, India, and Korea. Dis-Orienting Planets highlights so-called yellow and brown peoples from the constellation of a historically white genre. The collection launches into political representations of Asian identity in science fiction's imagination, from fear of the Yellow Peril and its racist stereotypes to techno-Orientalism and the remains of a postcolonial heritage. Thus the essays, by contributors such as Takayuki Tatsumi, Veronica Hollinger, Uppinder Mehan, and Stephen Hong Sohn, reconfigure the very study of race in science fiction. A follow-up to Lavender's Black and Brown Planets, this collection expands the racial politics governing the renewed visibility of Asia in science fiction. One of the few on this subject, the volume probes Gary Shteyngart's novel Super Sad True Love Story, the acclaimed film Cloud Atlas, and Guillermo del Toro's monster film Pacific Rim, among others. Dis-Orienting Planets embarks on a wide-ranging assessment of Asian representations in science fiction, upon the determination that our visions of the future must include all people of color. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lavender, Isiah: - Isiah Lavender III, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is associate professor of English at Louisiana State University. He is author of Race in American Science Fiction and editor of Black and Brown Planets: The Politics of Race in Science Fiction, published by University Press of Mississippi. |
