{"product_id":"vantage-points-on-media-as-trans-memoir-paperback","title":"Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChase Joynt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChase Joynt \u003c\/strong\u003eis a director and writer whose films have won more than twenty-five jury and audience awards internationally. His latest documentary feature, \u003cem\u003eFraming Agnes\u003c\/em\u003e, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the NEXT Innovator Award and the NEXT Audience Award. Joynt is the author of the Lambda Literary Award finalist \u003cem\u003eYou Only Live Twice\u003c\/em\u003e (co-authored with Mike Hoolboom) and \u003cem\u003eBoys Don't Cry\u003c\/em\u003e (co-authored with Morgan M. Page).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.9 x 3.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752427913504,"sku":"9781551529578","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/907c48329af5a13953902564d0a96970.webp?v=1779995587","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/vantage-points-on-media-as-trans-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}