{"product_id":"9781551529578","title":"Vantage Points","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA provocative book by an acclaimed writer-filmmaker that combines memoir and media as seen through a trans lens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\u003e as 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\n\u003cp\u003eWith black-and-white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chase Joynt (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Arsenal Pulp Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-17","offer_id":45652396146943,"sku":"9781551529578","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_eed58753-859d-4515-bb20-bfecb21ad1f3.jpg?v=1718330987","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781551529578","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}