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BOOK
Title Amateur : a true story about what makes a man / Thomas Page McBee
Imprint New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018
©2018

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Edition First Scribner hardcover edition
Descript 204 pages ; 22 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references
"From an award-winning writer whose work bristles with "hard-won strength, insight, agility, and love" (Maggie Nelson), an exquisite and troubling narrative of masculinity, violence, and society. In this groundbreaking new book, the author, a trans man, trains to fight in a charity match at Madison Square Garden while struggling to untangle the vexed relationship between masculinity and violence. Through his experience boxing--learning to get hit, and to hit back; wrestling with the camaraderie of the gym; confronting the betrayals and strength of his own body--McBee examines the weight of male violence, the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes, and the limitations of conventional masculinity. A wide-ranging exploration of gender in our society, Amateur is ultimately a story of hope, as McBee traces a new way forward, a new kind of masculinity, inside the ring and outside of it. In this graceful, stunning, and uncompromising exploration of living, fighting, and healing, we gain insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities of masculinity today through the eyes of a new man"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Men -- Identity
Masculinity -- Social aspects
Men -- Psychology
Gender Studies.
Men's Studies.
Transgender people -- United States -- Biography
Biographies.
Nonfiction
Män
Maskulinitet
Könsidentitet
Transpersoner
HBTQ-personer
Biografi
Classmark 155.3/32
ISBN/ISSN 9781501168741 hardcover
1501168746 hardcover
9781501168765 electronic book
9781501168758
1501168754
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