{"product_id":"vantage-points-chase-joynt-9781551529578","title":"Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative book by an acclaimed writer-filmmaker that combines memoir and media as seen through a trans lens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the death of the family patriarch, a box of newly procured family documents reveals writer-filmmaker Chase Joynt's previously unknown connection to Canadian media maverick Marshall McLuhan. \u003cem\u003eVantage Points\u003c\/em\u003e takes up the surprising appearance of McLuhan in Joynt's family archive as a way to think about legacies of childhood sexual abuse and how we might process and represent them. To do so, Joynt stages a series of vignettes that place memoir in the context of other sources, media, and stories to create a tapestry--a montage-like experience of reading with surprising and revealing juxtapositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoynt writes about difficult pasts and connects them to contemporary politics and ways of being, employing McLuhan's seminal \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Media \u003c\/em\u003eas an inciting framework. \u003cem\u003eVantage Points\u003c\/em\u003e is a kaleidoscopic reckoning with the impact of media and masculinity on the stories we tell about ourselves and our families, a unique and highly visual approach to trans life writing, and an experimental move between gender and genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith black-and-white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chase Joynt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551529572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551529578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 3.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2024","brand":"Chase Joynt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45981004235007,"sku":"9781551529578","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62267097-8767-4273-880d-4b199b20503f.jpg?v=1722417467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vantage-points-chase-joynt-9781551529578","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}