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Amateur : a reckoning with gender, identity and masculinity

McBee, Thomas Page2019
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In this volume, 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.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2019.
Collation:
204 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781786891006 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.7'68'092306.768092
Language:
English
BRN:
2764756
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