{"title":"Books by Thomas Page McBee","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781786890979","title":"Amateur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57688203264373,"sku":"9781786891006","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":43205477793970,"sku":"9781786890979","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781786891006.jpg?v=1792686127"},{"product_id":"9781786890887","title":"Man Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf he is to become a man, what sort of man should Thomas Page McBee be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find out, McBee must confront the suffering he has endured at the hands of men: the abuse he endured as a child from his father, and the violent mugging which almost killed him as an adult. Standing at the brink of the life-changing decision to transition from female to male, McBee seeks to understand these examples of flawed manhood, and reclaim his body on his own terms. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowerful, uplifting and profound, \u003ci\u003eMan Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about transformation; about freedom, and love, and finding the strength to rebuild ourselves as the people we are meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305624940917,"sku":"9781786890887","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781786890887_fa4ab724-fdf7-47d6-bbc6-5b9ccd31d945.jpg?v=1786025392"},{"product_id":"trans-time-travel","title":"Trans Time Travel","description":"'This is the book I have been waiting for' LENA DUNHAM'Staggeringly beautiful' ELLIOT PAGEAward-winning author Thomas Page McBee takes readers on a kaleidoscopic journey into the archives, illuminating four centuries of gender-variant history - and the cost, to all of us, of its erasure.   In this groundbreaking, urgent book, Thomas Page McBee uses the lens of trans time - nonlinear, multiple, cyclical - a radical perspective that opens up new ways of seeing both the past and the future. Blending memoir, reportage, history  and cultural criticism, he digs deep into our shared history, tracing the surprising ways stories of gender variance appear in the media and public record - and the alternating cycle of liberation and repressive backlash that leads to a collective historical amnesia.   Seeking to recover what has been lost, Trans Time Travel moves from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a complicated cultural touchstone (and Shelley's personal connection to trans history), to the Public Universal Friend, an 18th-century genderless preacher and evangelist who taught and embodied gender equality, to outlaw and sex symbol Harry Allen who 'smashed hearts' at the turn of the twentieth century and inspired a play staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company.   Personal, profound and perspective-shifting, Trans Time Travel reckons with a hostile present by looking back - and offers a clear-sighted, hopeful way forward.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57593968198005,"sku":"9781837262335","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781837262335.jpg?v=1793053245"},{"product_id":"amateur","title":"Amateur","description":"Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlisted for the Wellcome Book PrizeWhen Thomas Page McBee, a trans man, trains for and fights in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden he wants to uncover what makes a man - and what being a 'good' man even means. A self-described amateur in the male world, McBee's journey takes him beyond the boxing gym and the locker room into a wide-ranging exploration of gender, examining the troubled relationship between masculinity, violence and vulnerability.   As incisive as when first published in 2018 and ever more urgent today, Amateur is essential reading for those who wish to understand how society shapes men and offers a new vision for what's possible when we look at masculinity with a beginner's mind.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57695184257397,"sku":"9781837266852","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-thomas-page-mcbee.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}