Amateur: a true story about what makes a man

"...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...

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1. Verfasser: McBee, Thomas Page (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Canongate 2018
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Zusammenfassung:"...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
Beschreibung:204 Seiten
ISBN:9781786890979

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