{"product_id":"dis-orienting-planets-racial-representations-of-asia-in-science-fiction-9781496837943","title":"Dis-Orienting Planets: Racial Representations of Asia in Science Fiction","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Isiah Lavender III's \u003ci\u003eDis-Orienting Planets\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDis-Orienting Planets\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A follow-up to Lavender's \u003ci\u003eBlack and Brown Planets\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed film \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e, and Guillermo del Toro's monster film \u003ci\u003ePacific Rim\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003ci\u003eDis-Orienting Planets\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsiah Lavender III\u003c\/b\u003e is Sterling Goodman Professor of English at the University of Georgia. He is author of \u003ci\u003eRace in American Science Fiction \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAfrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of \u003ci\u003eBlack and Brown Planets: The Politics of Race in Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi; and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e. He also edits for \u003ci\u003eExtrapolation, \u003c\/i\u003ethe oldest science fiction journal.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382207254802,"sku":"9781496837943","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67b08d45-32de-46e2-bc84-c44e9caf227c.jpg?v=1728707787","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dis-orienting-planets-racial-representations-of-asia-in-science-fiction-9781496837943","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}