Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man Paperback - 2006
by Norah Vincent
Narrated with exquisite insight, humor, and empathy, the author uses her firsthand experience--the 18 months she masqueraded as a man--to explore the many remarkable mysteries of gender identity.
Summary
Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a mans world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), Norah spent a year and a half disguised as her male alter ego, Ned, exploring what men are like when women arent around. As Ned, she joins a bowling team, takes a high-octane sales job, goes on dates with women (and men), visits strip clubs, and even manages to infiltrate a monastery and a mens therapy group. At once thought- provoking and pure fun to read, Self-Made Man is a sympathetic and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism.
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- Title Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man
- Author Norah Vincent
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date December 26, 2006
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143038702 / 0143038702
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Sex role, Masculinity
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007069906
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Vincents 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)
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