Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction In this
groundbreaking new book, Thomas Page McBee, 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 of 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 way forward: a new
masculinity, inside the ring and out of it. A graceful and
uncompromising exploration of living, fighting and healing, in
Amateur we gain insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities
of masculinity today through the eyes of a new man.
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