Self-made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again - Hardcover

Vincent, Norah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670034665 ISBN 13: 9780670034666

Publisher: Viking Press Inc, 2006

Synopsis

One woman\'s journey into manhood and back again / 9780670034666 / Sociology / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 16 x 24 cm / 290 .pp /

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Review:

Vincent's account of how she ?became? a man is undeniably fascinating.? ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

İVincent¨ can be as perspicuous and exact as Joan Didion or Gloria Steinem at nailing a hitherto disregarded truth about the sexes in a single elegant and witty phrase. . . . This is a brave and often fascinating book, with Vincent . . . offering us perspectives that are entirely fresh and new. ("The Times," London)

Vincents account of how she became a man is undeniably fascinating. ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

Vincentas account of how she abecamea a man is undeniably fascinating.a ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

Vincent s account of how she became a man is undeniably fascinating. ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

[Vincent] can be as perspicuous and exact as Joan Didion or Gloria Steinem at nailing a hitherto disregarded truth about the sexes in a single elegant and witty phrase. . . . This is a brave and often fascinating book, with Vincent . . . offering us perspectives that are entirely fresh and new. ("The Times", London)

Eye-opening . . . "Self-Made Man" will make many women think twice about coveting male ?privilege? and make any man feel grateful that his gender is better understood. ("The Washington Post")

A thoughtful, entertaining piece of first-person investigative journalism . . . Self-Made Man transcends its premise altogether. . . . So rich and so audacious . . . [I was] hooked from Page 1. (David Kamp, The New York Times Book Review)
Vincent's account of how she 'became' a man is undeniably fascinating." (Los Angeles Times Book World)
Eye-opening . . . Self-Made Man will make many women think twice about coveting male 'privilege' and make any man feel grateful that his gender is better understood. (The Washington Post)
[Vincent] can be as perspicuous and exact as Joan Didion or Gloria Steinem at nailing a hitherto disregarded truth about the sexes in a single elegant and witty phrase. . . . This is a brave and often fascinating book, with Vincent . . . offering us perspectives that are entirely fresh and new. (The Times, London)

Synopsis:

This is a provocative and spellbinding account of a journalists attempt to understand the minds of men. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin ("Black Like Me") and Barbara Ehnreich ("Nickel and Dimed"), Norah Vincent absorbed a cultural experience and reported back on what she observed incognito. For more than a year and a half she ventured into the world as Ned - the perfect disguise that enabled her to observe the world of men as an insider. The result is this sympathetic, shrewd and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism that is destined to challenge many of society's preconceptions. Having experienced, from an insider perspective, bowling league camaraderie, the gut-wrenching pressures of a high-octane sales job, sex clubs, women hungry for love but bitter about men and all-male monasteries, for over 18 months, Vincent is perhaps the most qualified woman to expose the inner workings of the modern male. With her utterly captivating prose and her exquisite humour, empathy and nuance, Norah uses her intimate firsthand experiences to explore the many remarkable mysteries of gender identity.

Having gone where no women have gone before, "Self Made Man" is an enthralling reading experience and a revelatory piece of anecdotally-based gender analysis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Press Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670034665
• ISBN 13: 9780670034666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304