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我的名是张欣恩 (Gimme chance leh)

by (author) Kris Vanessa Teo Xin-En

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2024
Category
Women Authors, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780369105011
    Publish Date
    Nov 2024
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

Kris, a young diasporic Chinese woman, attempts to reconcile her upbringing between Canada and Singapore. In doing so, she comes face to face with herself as she pulls apart the tactics she uses in an attempt to fit into two wildly different cultures. Weaving in and out of English, Mandarin, and Singlish, Kris uses storytelling to navigate beauty standards, body image, family, food, and an unexpected friendship with a Chicken Rice Uncle.

Deftly unravelling stereotypes and addressing the universal through Kris’s determined persistence and heartwarming sense of humour, 我的名是欣恩 (Gimme chance leh) is about celebrating difference and existing in the in-between.

About the author

Kris Vanessa Teo Xin-En (张欣恩) is a Singaporean Chinese settler based in Moh’kins’tsis, Treaty 7 territory // Calgary, Alberta. She moves between many roles, such as playwright, performer, director, producer, and co-artistic Director at Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre. Kris’s artistic curiosities come alive at the intersections of food, self-inquiry, and in-betweenness while working with a slow-cooked blend of care, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive values, inviting mutual presence and exploration. She moves, thinks, and writes slowly.

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