Echidna, or the many adventures of Hinenakahirua as she tries to find her place in a colonized world / Essa May Ramipiri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramipiri, Essa May, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tachyglossidae--Juvenile literature.

Tachyglossidae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Wellington, New Zealand : Te Herenga Waka University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Echidna is a dangerous animal; she pokes holes in men just to remind them what kind of monster she is wakes up every single morning and chooses violence cos what choice does she really have? essa may ranapiri's second poetry collection follows the story of Echidna, their own interpretation of the Greek Mother of Monsters, as she tries to figure out life and identity living in a colonised world. Alongside this Māui and Prometheus get into a very hot relationship. Echidna contends with three strands of tradition; Greek mythology, Christianity and Māori esoteric knowledge, and through weaving them together attempts to create a queerer whole. It is a book that is in conversation with the work of many others; from Milton and R.S. Thomas to jayy dodd and Joshua Whitehead to Hinemoana Baker and Keri Hulme. Situating and building its own world out of a community of queer and Māori/Pasifika writing, it carefully places itself in a whakapapa of takatāpui story-telling."--Publisher's information.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Copyright

for my ancestors / for my descendants

CONTENTS

Dramatis Personae | He Tāngata

She-viper with Tales Outstretched

Part one

Echidna: Born of Eve &amp

Lucifer

The Snake Woman

Echidna &amp

Uenuku

Her Brothers

Her Christian Dad

Echidna Meets Hine-nui-te-pō

Māui &amp

Prometheus Have a Meet-cute

II

Echidna Goes through Her Emo Phase

Her Own Image

Echidna Meets Another Eve

Echidna in Kirikiriroa over the Summer

Her Bird Tongue

Echidna Gets a Name Change

Her Life

Māui-Pōtiki &amp

Prometheus Make Love on Mt Elbrus

III

Echidna Goes Out on the Town

Meets Typhon

Narcissus

Echidna Dances w/ Poūkahangatus &amp

All the Colours of the Wind

Echidna Starts an Instagram Account

One Must Imagine Sisyphus Is Actually Doing Something Incredibly Important

Nafanua

Mahuika &amp

Prometheus Discuss the Pros + Cons of Fire

IV

Echidna Tries Her Best to Console Herculine

Her Milton

Hemi in Rānana

Ureia

Echidna Is a Cleaner at Night

Echidna Goes to See the Drone Perform in Front of a Live Audience

Echidna Asks Rona One Hundred Questions

Prometheus &amp

His Lover's Great Accomplishment

V

Hineraukatauri &amp

Her Lover

Zoa

Mauao &amp

the Angel Michael

Tūmatauenga at the Frontlines

Hinemoana

Kurangaituku &amp

the Sirens

Prometheus Collects the Body of His Lover

VI

Rona Fucking in the Back Seat of a Car While the Moon Watches

Eve Have a Sleepover

Echidna on The Strand

Hine-nui-te-pō &amp

the Dominant Species

the Spider

Echidna &amp.

a Drag Queen Named Pipi

Prometheus at the Crucifixion

VII

Echidna: Half Woman Half Snake

Echidna Has Breakfast with the Last Moahunter

Echidna Thinks About the Future

Echidna and the Spider at a Karaoke Bar

Echidna's Fate

Māui Becomes Who S/He Was Meant to Be

Hinenākahirua Repairs Something that Needs Repairing

Notes

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781776920884

1776920880

OCLC:

1356001891