Introduction: The Model Machine Myth -- Labor Machines: Fighting the Mechanized Coolie in the Age of Industrial Slavery -- War Machines: Assembling the Robotic Japanese Soldier under the Shadow of Empire -- Sex Machines: Exploiting the Bionic Woman of Color for the Cold War Economy -- Virtual Machines: Containing the Alien Cyborg during the Era of Late Capitalism -- Global Machines: Reconfiguring Asian Roboticism within the New Millennium -- Epilogue: On Posthuman Historical Futures
Summary
"A study of the stereotype and representation of Asians as robotic machines through history"-- Provided by publisher
