EAN: 9781786890979

AMATEUR - THOMAS PAGE MCBEE GEBUNDEN

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionIn 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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