Murray State University Professor Peter Murphy will speak on "Studs, Tools and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By," on Thursday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Kirner-Johnson 109, as a guest in the Kirkland Project "Masculinities" series. This talk will examine 42 metaphors organized thematically around five topics: sex as machine, sex as work and labor, sex as sport, sex as war and conquest, and sex as exclusively heterosexual. This talk is free and open to the public.
Murphy is chair and professor, department of English and philosophy at Murray State University, Kentucky. Among his areas of scholarly interest are gender studies, men and masculinity, and cultural studies. He has published three books and numerous articles and has lectured widely. Murphy is currently editing a volume on Feminism and Masculinity for Oxford University Press.
Murphy's visit is co-sponsored by the department of English. For more information about this event or the "Masculinities" series, contact the Kirkland Project office at 315-859-4288
