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Self-Made Man

  • 290 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2006
  • 8 editions

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1 About this book

A journalist's provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a manNorah 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 man's 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 aren't 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 men's 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.

Good for readers who want: a true life story and psychology.

  • Sociology
  • Biography & autobiography
  • Biography
  • Women, united states
  • Psychology
  • Relationships
  • Rôle selon le sexe
  • Biographies

2 About Norah Vincent

1968–2022

Norah Mary Vincent (September 20, 1968 – July 6, 2022) was an American writer. She was a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a quarterly columnist on politics and culture for the national gay news magazine The Advocate. She was a columnist for The Village Voice and Salon.com. Her writing appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times, New York Post, The Washington Post and other periodicals.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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