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Amateur

A Reckoning With Gender, Identity and Masculinity

Format: Paperback
£10.99

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.

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Authors:
McBee, Thomas Page
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781786891006
Number of Pages:
224
Publication Date:
14/03/2019
Publisher:
Canongate Books
Year Published:
2019
Imprint:
Canongate Books
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
SKU:
9781786891006

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