EAN: 9781786890979

Bilder-Quelle: discount24.de - Sport-Freizeit

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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