{"product_id":"amateur-by-thomas-page-mcbee-9781786891006","title":"Amateur","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough 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, \u003ci\u003eAmateur\u003c\/i\u003e is ultimately a story of hope, as McBee traces a way forward: a new masculinity, inside the ring and out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA graceful and uncompromising exploration of living, fighting and healing, in \u003ci\u003eAmateur\u003c\/i\u003e we gain insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities of masculinity today through the eyes of a new man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'If you told me at the beginning of 2018 that my book of the year would be the memoir of a transgender man who took up boxing, I would have offered you generous odds against it. But here is Thomas Page McBee's tough, tender, wise and moving \u003ci\u003eAmateur\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that will wholly rewire the way you think about men and masculinity.' - Michael Nolan, \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46520247058668,"sku":"9781786891006","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5439103482824.jpg?v=1748986037","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/amateur-by-thomas-page-mcbee-9781786891006","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}