{"product_id":"gaze-back-pos","title":"Gaze Back","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do we expect of an author who is unapologetically female? What do we expect of consuming art in general? Should a work be easy, should a work be safe?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarylyn Tan’s debut volume, \u003cem\u003eGAZE BACK\u003c\/em\u003e, complicates ideas of femininity, queerness, and the occult. The feminine grotesque subverts the restrictions placed upon the feminine body to be attractive and its subjection to notions of the ideal. The occultic counterpoint to organised religion, then, becomes a way toward techniques of empowering the marginalised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGAZE BACK\u003c\/em\u003e, ultimately, is an instruction book, a grimoire, a call to insurrection—to wrest power back from the social structures that serve to restrict, control and distribute it amongst those few privileged above the disenfranchised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarylyn Tan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a linguistics graduate, poet, and artist interested in conditions of alienation and marginalisation. She has performed at the Singapore Biennale, the Singapore Writers Festival, SPEAK., and she has also been featured in various print anthologies, such as Rollercoasters and Bedsheets, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Luxury We Must Afford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInheritance | The Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaze Back\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her first published book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21257455927409,"sku":"9789811190803","price":16.82,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Gaze-Back-Marylyn-Tan-00.jpg?v=1599868849","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/gaze-back-pos","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}