Amateur: A True Story About What Makes A Man

  • Autor: Thomas Page McBee
  • Narrador: Thomas Page McBee
  • Editora: Simon & Schuster
  • Duração: 3:38:38
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Sinopse

*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.

Capítulos

  • Amateur 001 Title

    Duração: 43s
  • Amateur 002 Epigraph

    Duração: 22s
  • Amateur 003 November 2015

    Duração: 01min
  • Amateur 004 Why am I doing this

    Duração: 24min
  • Amateur 005 Part 1 Am I a Real Man

    Duração: 27min
  • Amateur 006 Am I Sexist

    Duração: 13min
  • Amateur 007 Am I Passing

    Duração: 20min
  • Amateur 008 Part 2 Am I Wired for this

    Duração: 23min
  • Amateur 009 What if I fail

    Duração: 18min
  • Amateur 010 Why won't anyone touch me

    Duração: 27min
  • Amateur 011 What's wrong with losing

    Duração: 34min
  • Amateur 012 Why do men fight

    Duração: 10min
  • Amateur 013 One week later

    Duração: 07min
  • Amateur 014 Epilogue

    Duração: 09min
  • Amateur 015 Credits

    Duração: 01min