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Amateur
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- Book Synopsis
- Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 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.
- About The Author
- Thomas Page McBee's Amateur was shortlisted for the Baillie-Gifford Prize and the Wellcome Book Prize, named a best book of the year by the Sunday Times, BuzzFeed, Attitude and many others, and translated into multiple languages. In the course of reporting the book, Thomas became the first transgender man to ever fight in Madison Square Garden. His essays and reportage appear in the New York Times, Atlantic, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair and many other outlets. He is also a television writer/producer, and his recent work architecting the transition story for Elliot Page's character in The Umbrella Academy was nominated for a GLAAD award. He lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and dogs. @ThomasPageMcBee thomaspagemcbee.com
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781786891006
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Canongate, (14 March 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 204
- Weight
- 154 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 14 mm
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