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Amateur : a reckoning with gender, identity and masculinity/ Thomas Page McBee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2018.Description: 203 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781786891006 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.332 MCB
LOC classification:
  • HQ77.8
Summary: "...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..."--Publisher description.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 155.332 MCB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100605634

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An exploration of modern masculinity by the first transgender man to box at Madison Square Garden, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize.

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction 2018.

Includes bibliographical references,

"...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..."--Publisher description.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Thomas Page McBee was 'masculinity expert' for Vice and the first trans man ever to box at Madison Square Garden. His essays and reportage have appeared in the New York Times, Playboy, Glamour and Salon .
@ThomasPageMcBee | thomaspagemcbee.com

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