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Amateur - A True Story About What Makes a Man (Hardcover, Main) Loot Price: R417
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Amateur - A True Story About What Makes a Man (Hardcover, Main): Thomas Page McBee

Amateur - A True Story About What Makes a Man (Hardcover, Main)

Thomas Page McBee

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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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Imprint: Canongate Books Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2018
Authors: Thomas Page McBee
Dimensions: 223 x 143 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages: 204
Edition: Main
ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-097-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > Boxing
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 1-78689-097-6
Barcode: 9781786890979

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