‘Guyland’ Author, Professor Michael Kimmel to Speak at Lafayette

In 1950, most Americans had completed the transition from adolescence to adulthood by age 21 or so. Today, it’s more likely to be by age 30. Michael Kimmel, best-selling author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men, will speak on this new stage of development and related topics at 7 p.m. Wed., Nov. 11 in Lafayette College’s Colton Chapel. It is free and open to the public.

Based on interviews with more than 400 young people across the country, Kimmel offers a glimpse of why so many guys are adrift through their 20s and a road map toward a more conscious adulthood.

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Michael Kimmel is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today. He is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University where he directs the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities.

He is the author of more than 20 works, including Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996), which was hailed as the definitive work in the field. Reviewers called the book “wide-ranging, level headed, human and deeply interesting” (Kirkus), “superb… thorough, impressive and fascinating” (Chicago Tribune), “perceptive and refreshing” (Indianapolis Star).

The talk is sponsored by Lafayette’s gender and sexuality programs and the Office of Intercultural Development. For more information, contact John McKnight, mcknighj@lafayette.edu.

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Photo: Michael Kimmel, author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men

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