false 29434 17 Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (<I>Black Like Me</I>) and Barbara Ehrenreich (<I>Nickel and Dimed</I>), 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, with an ever-present five o'clock shadow, a crew cut, wire-rim glasses, and her own size 111/2 shoes&#151;a perfect disguise that enabled her to observe the world of men as an insider. The result is a sympathetic, shrewd, and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism that's destined to challenge preconceptions and attract enormous attention. <P> With her buddies on the bowling league she 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 frequented sex clubs, dated women hungry for love but bitter about men, and infiltrated all-male communities as hermetically sealed as a men's therapy group, and even a monastery. Narrated in her utterly captivating prose style and with exquisite insight, humor, empathy, nuance, and at great personal cost, Norah uses her intimate firsthand experience to explore the many remarkable mysteries of gender identity as well as who men are apart from and in relation to women. Far from becoming bitter or outraged, Vincent ended her journey astounded&#151;and exhausted&#151;by the rigid codes and rituals of masculinity. Having gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone for any significant length of time, let alone eighteen months, Norah Vincent's surprising account is an enthralling reading experience and a revelatory piece of anecdotally based gender analysis that is sure to spark fierce and fascinating conversation. <BR><BR> <B>Praise for Norah Vincent:</B><BR> &#147;Norah Vincent is a true freethinker and independent journalist in the European manner, challenging prevailing assumptions in academe, politics, and media. Her work has always had a bold skepticism and energy. She is a model of pragmatic, enlightened feminism.&#148;<BR> &#151;Camille Paglia <BR> 29888 19 1 2006 Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again total:1499|5:172|4:413|3:530|2:277|1:107| 1499 4763 2247 402 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 1 9 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 02 21:34:52 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 21:41:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 29433 0143038702 9780143038702 196 57 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029954m/29433.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29433.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Year_Disguised_as_a_Man 2 4 false Sun Sep 02 17:07:12 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 00:09:34 -0800 2008
- Tiresome gender stereotypes, use of deceptive techniques

In the tradition of John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me and Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Norah Vincent dis...more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 2 4 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 08:34:20 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 08:54:40 -0700 2007
She struggles a lot with the guilt of decieving people ...more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 2 6 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 11 11:43:33 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 11 12:58:53 -0700 2007
Vincent (a "conservative lesbian" according to answers.com) is a s...more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 5 4 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 01 14:16:47 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 09:09:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 29433 0143038702 9780143038702 196 57 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029954m/29433.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29433.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Year_Disguised_as_a_Man 1 5 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jul 16 12:47:25 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 14:34:30 -0700 2007
Vincent makes broad generalizations about various groups of people based on their gender, race and class. I found her perspective to be incredibly elitist and classist; her analysis of...more...]]> 29433 0143038702 9780143038702 196 57 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029954m/29433.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29433.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Year_Disguised_as_a_Man 4 4 false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat May 24 10:34:43 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:14:49 -0800 2008 Bust and Ms. and carries a certain generational badge in her feminism, I find the book useful for its willingness to cross what I've always considered the last frontier of feminism - getting past the us v. them and moving, howeve...more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 5 3 false Fri Sep 12 07:13:20 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 07:31:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 4 2 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 10:47:13 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 15:02:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 5 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 10:41:55 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 06:20:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 0 2 false Fri Dec 12 01:22:29 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 01:23:57 -0800 2008
Emily

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However, I will say this: it seems that the people that disliked the book and wrote reviews about it didn't throughly read the book. In particular, ...more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 3 1 false Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 22:24:47 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 08:39:09 -0700 2008
I found it probl...more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 1 2 false Thu Nov 29 11:06:44 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 11:06:44 -0800 2007 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 3 3 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Apr 01 22:47:37 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 09:37:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 4 1 false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 21:56:36 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 16:07:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 4 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 21 08:49:22 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 09:00:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 23 00:39:31 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 00:43:00 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 1 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 25 20:59:23 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 16 09:00:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29434 0670034665 9780670034666 1239 322 3.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029955m/29434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434.Self_Made_Man_One_Woman_s_Journey_into_Manhood_and_Back_Again 4 1 false Wed Nov 26 10:25:49 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:30:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/1?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/3?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/2?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/4?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/5?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/6?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/7?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/9?book_id=6986524 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/10?book_id=6986524