{"product_id":"making-kin-ecofeminist-essays-from-singapore","title":"Making Kin: Ecofeminist Essays from Singapore","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Kin: Ecofeminist Essays from Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e contemplates and re-centres Singapore women in the overlapping discourses of family, home, ecology and nation. For the first time, this collection of ecofeminist essays focuses on the crafts, minds, bodies and subjectivities of a diverse group of women making kin with the human and non-human world as they navigate their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom ruminations on caregiving, to surreal interspecies encounters, to indigenous ways of knowing, these women writers chart a new path on the map of Singapore’s literary scene, writing urgently about gender, nature, climate change, reciprocity and other critical environmental issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn a climate-changed world where vital connections are lost, \u003cem\u003eMaking Kin\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential collection that blurs boundaries between the personal and the political. It is a revolutionary approach towards intersectional environmentalism featuring the following voices:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAndrea Yew, Angelia Poon, Ann Ang, ArunDitha, Choo Kah Ying, Constance Singam, Dawn- joy Leong, Diana Rahim, Esther Vincent, Grace Chia, Kanwaljit Soin, Matilda Gabrielpillai, nor, Nurul Fadiah Johari, Prasanthi Ram, Serina Rahman, Tania De Rozario and Tim Min Jie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“These personal essays create a diverse kinship network of voices rooted in women’s experiences and routed through Singapore. This deeply resonant anthology is an invaluable contribution to ecofeminist literatures and the global environmental humanities.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Craig Santos Perez, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEsther Vincent Xueming\u003c\/strong\u003e is the editor-in-chief and founder of \u003cem\u003eThe Tiger Moth Review\u003c\/em\u003e, an eco journal of art and literature, and author of \u003cem\u003eRed Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, an ecofeminist collection of poetry (Blue Cactus Press, 2021). She is also co-editor of two poetry anthologies, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/poetry-moves\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePoetry Moves\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (Ethos Books, 2020) and \u003cem\u003eLittle Things\u003c\/em\u003e (Ethos Books, 2013). A literature educator by profession, she is passionate about the entanglements in art, literature, nature and the environment. Follow her on Twitter @EstherVincentXM.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngelia Poon\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches Literature at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. Her research interests include postcolonial theory and contemporary Anglophone literature with a focus on issues pertaining to globalization as well as gender, class, and racial subjectivities. She co-edited \u003cem\u003eSingapore Literature and Culture: Current Directions in Local and Global Contexts\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2017) and \u003cem\u003eWriting Singapore: An Historical Anthology of Singapore Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (NUS Press, 2009). A firm supporter of Literature in schools, she has also co-edited two poetry collections for students, \u003cem\u003eLittle Things\u003c\/em\u003e (Ethos Books, 2013) and \u003cem\u003ePoetry Moves\u003c\/em\u003e (Ethos Books, 2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39580711059569,"sku":"9789811809279","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/MakingKinFrontCover.jpg?v=1636084376","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/making-kin-ecofeminist-essays-from-singapore","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}