Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

One of The Times UKâ€™s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeedâ€™s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddleâ€™s Best LGBT Books of 2018, Book Riotâ€™s Best Queer Books of 2018, and 52 Insightâ€™s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018

From an award-winning writer whose work bristles with â€œhard-won strength, insight, agility, and loveâ€ (Maggie Nelson), an exquisite and troubling narrative of masculinity, violence, and society.

In this groundbreaking new book, the author, 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 boxingâ€”learning to get hit, and to hit back; wrestling with the camaraderie of the gym; confronting the betrayals and strength of his own bodyâ€”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 new way forward, a new kind of masculinity, inside the ring and outside of it.

In this graceful, stunning, and uncompromising exploration of living, fighting, and healing, we gain insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities of masculinity today through the eyes of a new man.
Country USA
Brand Scribner
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2018-08-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501168741

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2018-08-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501168741

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

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