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Amateur audiobook
- By: Thomas Page McBee
- Narrator: Thomas Page McBee
- Category: Gender Studies, Social Science
- Length: 3 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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Amateur Audiobook Summary
*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
*Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
*Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
One of The Times UK‘s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018, and 52 Insight’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018
A “no-holds-barred examination of masculinity” (BuzzFeed) and violence from award-winning author Thomas Page McBee.
In this “refreshing and radical” (The Guardian) narrative, Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man–and what being a “good” man even means–through his experience training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden. A self-described “amateur” at masculinity, McBee embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of gender in society, examining sexism, toxic masculinity, and privilege. As he questions the limitations of gender roles and the roots of masculine aggression, he finds intimacy, hope, and even love in the experience of boxing and in his role as a man in the world. Despite personal history and cultural expectations, “Amateur is a reminder that the individual can still come forward and fight” (The A.V. Club).
“Sharp and precise, open and honest,” (Women’s Review of Books), McBee’s writing asks questions “relevant to all people, trans or not” (New York Newsday). Through interviews with experts in neuroscience, sociology, and critical race theory, he constructs a deft and thoughtful examination of the role of men in contemporary society. Amateur is a graceful and uncompromising look at gender by a fearless, fiercely honest writer.
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Amateur Audiobook Narrator
Thomas Page McBee is the narrator of Amateur audiobook that was written by Thomas Page McBee
Thomas Page McBee was the first transgender man to ever box in Madison Square Garden. He is the author of Amateur and an award-winning memoir, Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness, and Becoming a Man, which was named a best book of 2014 by NPR Books, BuzzFeed, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly. Thomas’s writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Pacific Standard, The New York Times, Playboy, and Glamour.
About the Author(s) of Amateur
Thomas Page McBee is the author of Amateur
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Amateur Full Details
| Narrator | Thomas Page McBee |
| Length | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Author | Thomas Page McBee |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Release date | April 23, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781508267430 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Amateur is Simon & Schuster Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Gender Studies, Social Science
Additional info
The publisher of the Amateur is Simon & Schuster Audio. The imprint is Simon & Schuster Audio. It is supplied by Simon & Schuster Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781508267430.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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