Sinofuturism as Inverse Orientalism: China’s Future and the Denial of Coevalness – SFRA Review

⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 50, no. 2-3 Special Issue: Alternative Sinofuturisms (中华未来主义) Download Sinofuturism as Inverse Orientalism: China’s Future and the Denial of Coevalness Gabriele de SetaUniversit…

⮌ SFRA Review , vol. 50, no. 2-3 Special Issue: Alternative Sinofuturisms ( 中华未来主义 ) Download Sinofuturism as Inverse Orientalism: China’s Future and the Denial of Coevalness Gabriele de Seta University of Bergen / Norway “China is the future”—this lapidary bit of knowledge, shared with confidence by some experts, pervading news media commentary, and current in everyday geopolitical chatter, shaped my choice of which Asian language to study during my first university degree. When I moved abroad to pursue a Chinese Studies master’s degree in the late 2000s, students were expected to informally

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