{"product_id":"9781551529578","title":"Vantage Points","description":"Author: Chase Joynt\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781551529578\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative book by an acclaimed writer-filmmaker that combines memoir and media as seen through a trans lens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003ci\u003eVantage Points\u003c\/i\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\u003cp\u003eJoynt writes about difficult pasts and connects them to contemporary politics and ways of being, employing McLuhan's seminal \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Media \u003c\/i\u003eas an inciting framework. \u003ci\u003eVantage Points\u003c\/i\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","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830036254878,"sku":"ADS-9781551529578","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781551529578.jpg?v=1778558653","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781551529578","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}