The Story of She
Published on 22. September 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
222 pages
978-1-922314-05-5 (ISBN)
Description
There are stories that live within us. They lie deep in our vast nothingness where exist memories of those who have left us, those we have loved, those we have met in passing, and those who have left a part of themselves behind. These stories have lain dormant in the many twists and turns of our being, waiting to strike, rattling at our cages, each story begging for a chance to be told. They are a product of experience, dreams and nightmares, memories; life. It is these stories that form Doris Pushpam's The Story of She.
Stripped down to a singular She, each story is a culmination of the many identities engrained in the notion of 'she' and the stories that live within them, thrusting forward their uniqueness, hopes, fears, dreams, struggles, tempests and rebellion. These stories explore the tales of women who are confined to strict social expectations and traditions from various frames of reference that are introspective, retrospective and prospective. They outline aspects of women's existence in conservative societies and beyond, illustrate the antagonistic role of society in dictating how they live their lives, and the resistance or lack thereof to these demands. It is a call to listen so that the future generation of women will be free to live as they please. It is also a call to action to engineer change for those who face these problems and are unable to tell their story. Mostly, it is a grenade of hope for a better future for all who identify as she.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-922314-05-5 (9781922314055)
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Hailing from the humid, windy, sometimes scorching suburbs of Malaysia, Doris Pushpam chose to pursue the ever-promising path of creative writing. When she isn't making questionable life decisions she can be found embroidering, baking, painting, losing chess games to her father, reading, journaling, playing video games, or picking up some new hobby. Sometimes she creates worlds where women are able to tell their story and other times she writes in rhyme and lives in the clouds. She enjoys creating chaos and happily-ever-afters and nothing makes her happier than that final full stop and a perfect rhyme. Doris Pushpam is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing (in line with her tendency for making questionable life decisions) through which she hopes to continue advocating for women in oppressed cultures. In her previous research she explored the notion of becoming a woman in relation to the oral tradition, investigated the many nuances of change that affect women from oppressed cultures, and also discussed the need for women to form a space where all aspects of oneself that one chooses to be, can exist. She is inspired by the works of Simone de Beauvoir, Jane Austen, Gloria Anzaldúa, Maya Angelou, and Sylvia Plath.