Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men
Talk by Michael Kimmel
All Day
Nebraska Union
Room: Auditorium
1400 R St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: NU
Michael Kimmel is a Professor of Sociology at SUNY Stony Brook and is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today. The author or editor of more than twenty volumes, his books include Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity (1987), Men Confront Pornography (1990), The Politics of Manhood (1996), The Gender of Desire (2005) and The History of Men (2005). His documentary history, “Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990” (Beacon, 1992), chronicled men who supported women’s equality since the founding of the country.
His book, Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996), was hailed as the definitive work on the subject. Reviewers called the book “wide-ranging, level headed, human and deeply interesting,” “superb… thorough, impressive and fascinating.” One reviewer wrote that “Kimmel’s humane, pathbreaking study points the way toward a redefinition of manhood that combines strength with nurturing, personal accountability, compassion and egalitarianism” while another called it “the most wide-ranging, clear-sighted, accessible book available on the mixed fortunes of masculinity in the United States.” (A 10th anniversary edition was published by Oxford University Press.)
The subject of his talk here at UNL comes from his most recent book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2008). It is a best-selling investigation of young people’s lives today, based on interviews with more than 400 young men, ages 16-26. Featured in major television and radio interviews, the book was widely reviewed and praised in all major media outlets. Feature film rights were optioned to Dreamworks.
The event is free and open to the public.
His book, Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996), was hailed as the definitive work on the subject. Reviewers called the book “wide-ranging, level headed, human and deeply interesting,” “superb… thorough, impressive and fascinating.” One reviewer wrote that “Kimmel’s humane, pathbreaking study points the way toward a redefinition of manhood that combines strength with nurturing, personal accountability, compassion and egalitarianism” while another called it “the most wide-ranging, clear-sighted, accessible book available on the mixed fortunes of masculinity in the United States.” (A 10th anniversary edition was published by Oxford University Press.)
The subject of his talk here at UNL comes from his most recent book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2008). It is a best-selling investigation of young people’s lives today, based on interviews with more than 400 young men, ages 16-26. Featured in major television and radio interviews, the book was widely reviewed and praised in all major media outlets. Feature film rights were optioned to Dreamworks.
The event is free and open to the public.