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Thomas Page McBee - Amateur, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Amateur

A True Story About What Makes a Man

Av Thomas Page McBee

Del i serien Canons

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Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlisted for the Wellcome Book PrizeWhen Thomas Page McBee, a trans man, trains for and fights in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden he wants to uncover what makes a man - and what being a 'good' man even means. A self-described amateur in the male world, McBee's journey takes him beyond the boxing gym and the locker room into a wide-ranging exploration of gender, examining the troubled relationship between masculinity, violence and vulnerability.As incisive as when first published in 2018 and ever more urgent today, Amateur is essential reading for those who wish to understand how society shapes men and offers a new vision for what's possible when we look at masculinity with a beginner's mind.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-01-14
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x undefined mm
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Canons
  • Antal sidor: 224
  • Förlag: Canongate Books
  • ISBN: 9781837266852
  • Utmärkelser: Short-listed for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2018 (UK)
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Thomas Page McBee's Amateur was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Wellcome Book Prize, named a best book of the year by the Sunday Times, BuzzFeed, Attitude and many others, and translated into multiple languages. In the course of reporting the book, Thomas became the first transgender man to ever fight in Madison Square Garden. His essays and reportage appear in the New York Times, Atlantic, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair and many other outlets. He is also a television writer/producer, and his recent work architecting the transition story for Elliot Page's character in The Umbrella Academy was nominated for a GLAAD award. He lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and dogs.@ThomasPageMcBee | thomaspagemcbee.com

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Amateur is a beautiful and powerful book written by the superbly talented Thomas Page McBee. This memoir is such an important piece of trans literature to support and one that spoke to me deeply

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