Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man

Name: Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man
Price: 1.99 USD
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Rating: 4.4 (1563 reviews)
Author: Norah Vincent

by Norah Vincent

Nonfiction Memoir

4.4 (1,563)

4.4 stars from 1,563 reviews. Top 84% of Nonfiction books we track.

290 pages~4.8 hr readPublished by Grove/Atlantic, IncorporatedPublished 2006-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're curious about gender, power, and social dynamics beyond surface-level thinking.
You enjoy immersion journalism that puts the author directly into unfamiliar worlds.
You appreciate books that make you question your assumptions about how the other half lives.

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You're looking for a straightforward how-to guide or self-help manual about gender roles.
You prefer fiction or narratives where you're not constantly aware of the author's experiment.
You want conclusions rather than messy, complicated observations that refuse easy answers.

About this book

Norah Vincent's account of eighteen months spent disguised as a man. Taking inspiration from John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me, Vincent adopted a male alter ego named Ned to observe men in settings without women present. During this period, she joined a bowling team, worked in a high-pressure sales job, went on dates with both women and men, visited strip clubs, and gained access to a monastery and a men's therapy group. The book explores what it is like to be a man, even in a man's world. Vincent's work is presented as immersion journalism that combines thought-provoking observation with accessible narrative.

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Currently 4.4★ from 1,563 reviews

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