{"product_id":"vantage-points-9781551529578","title":"Vantage Points","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\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. \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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eWith black-and-white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chase Joynt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43356986015862,"sku":"9781551529578","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_43c36364-76a2-449e-b69d-3fe422d4ac40.jpg?v=1777498867","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/vantage-points-9781551529578","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}