{"product_id":"9781551527536","title":"Double Melancholy","description":"Author: C.E. Gatchalian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781551527536\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccordingto Didier Eribon, melancholy is where it all starts and where it also ends: thelifelong process of mourning that each homosexual experiences, and throughwhich they construct their own identity. In this beguiling book, anintroverted, anxious, ambitious, artistically gifted queer Filipino-Canadianboy finds solace, inspiration, and a 'syllabus for living' in art - works ofliterature and music, from the children's literary classic \u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e to the music of Maria Callas. But theircontribution to his intellectual, emotional, and spiritual edification beliesthe fact that they were largely heteronormative and white, which had the effectof invisibilizing him as a queer person of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part culturalcommentary, and a hybrid of besotted aesthetic appreciation and unsparingcritique,\u003ci\u003e Double Melancholy\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns a passionate love letter to artand an embattled examination of its oppressive complicity with the society thatproduces it, and the depths to which art both enriches and colonizes us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830034714782,"sku":"ADS-9781551527536","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781551527536.jpg?v=1778558582","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781551527536","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}