(Herkimer, NY – Oct. 2011) Author/editor Michael Kimmel will speak at Herkimer County Community College Thursday, October 20 from 12:30-1:20 p.m. in the McLaughlin College Center Sarkus Busch Theater.
Kimmel 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), 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.
Kimmel’s 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.”
His most recent book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2008) 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. “If you’ve ever had a conversation with a teenage boy and wondered what on earth was going on…this book will serve you well.” Feminist icon Gloria Steinem said “Michael Kimmel’s Guyland could save the humanity of many young men – and the sanity of their friends and parents.”
Kimmel is a Professor of Sociology at SUNY Stony Brook, and resides in Brooklyn, NY with his family.
The program, sponsored by HCCC’s Student Activities Committee, is open to the public free of charge.
