Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance
Keywords
ba'i, ecocriticism, ecofeminism, erotica, Marjorie Evasco, trans-corporeality
Abstract
This brief article explores the critical entanglements of nature, matter, and the human body in Marjorie Evasco’s poem “Elemental.” Through ecocritical erotic writing, the text establishes the “trans-corporeal” relationships between human desire and the natural environment, the language of the erotic and the craft of poetry, and the writer and the task of ecofeminist writing. Ultimately, this essay suggests that the text and the author engage with the ba’i as an indigenous source of femininity, charting a direction toward native Philippine ecofeminism.
Recommended Citation
Calabias, Jose Kervin Cesar B.
(2023)
"The Ecocritical Erotic in Marjorie Evasco's "Elemental","
Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59588/2782-8875.1050
Available at:
https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/akda/vol3/iss1/6
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