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100 1 $aVincent, Norah.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97101024
245 10 $aSelf-made man :$bone woman's journey into manhood and back again /$cNorah Vincent.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2006.
300 $aix, 290 pages ;$c24 cm
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520 1 $a"Norah Vincent wanted to know what life was really like for men. Many women have long been convinced that men have always had it better, in every way. To find out for herself if this was actually true, and to see where the common perception fell short, Norah did it: for eighteen months she became a guy." "Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me) and Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed), Norah Vincent absorbed a cultural experience and reported back on what she observed incognito. With the help of a makeup artist, a trainer, and a Juilliard voice coach, she infiltrated spaces and situations women never see. For more than a year and a half she ventured into the world as her alter ego, Ned, with an ever-present five o'clock shadow, a crew cut, wire-rimmed glasses, and her own size 11 1/2 shoes - a perfect disguise that allowed her to observe and participate in the world of men as an insider. A sympathetic, shrewd, and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism, Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again is Norah's perspective on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a man's world." "With her buddies in the bowling league Norah enjoyed the rough and rewarding embrace of male camaraderie undetectable to an outsider. A stint in a high-octane sales job taught her the gut-wrenching pressures endured by men who would do anything to succeed. She went to strip clubs, dated women hungry for love but disappointed by men, and was welcomed into all-male communities as hermetically sealed as a men's therapy group, and even a monastery. Narrating her journey with exquisite insight, empathy, and humor, Norah uses her intimate firsthand experience to explore the many remarkable mysteries of gender identity as well as who men are when women aren't around." "Far from becoming bitter or outraged, Norah ended her journey astounded - and exhausted - by the rigid codes and rituals of masculinity. To other women, Norah says, Men aren't what you think. To men, she says, You have it harder than people know. Having gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone before, let alone for eighteen months, Norah Vincent gives us her surprising account - an analytical travelogue into the world of men that is sure to spark fierce and fascinating conversation."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMasculinity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081797
650 0 $aSex role.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85120663
650 0 $aMale impersonators$vBiography.
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