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Peter Lehman is the director of the Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture at Arizona State University. He is the author of "Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body," "New Edition" and "Roy Orbison: The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity" and coauthor of "Thinking about Movies: Watching Questioning, Enjoying, Third Edition;" "Blake Edwards;" "Returning to the Scene, Blake Edwards, Vol. 2.;" and "Authorship and Narrative in the Cinema." He is editor of "Pornography: Film and Culture," "Defining Cinema," and "Close Viewings: An Anthology of New Film Criticism" and coeditor of "The Searchers: Essays and Reflections on John Ford's Classic Western." He is a former president of the Society for Film and Media Studies.
Education:
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications:
- Lehman, Peter Robert and Hunt Susan. Lady Chatterley's Legacy in the Movies: Sex, Brains, and Body Guys. (2010).
- William Luhr and Peter Lehman. "Victor/Victoria de Blake Edwards: un auteur hollywoodien à Broadway.". Alternatives théâtrales (2009).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. "Exposing the Body Guy: The Return of the Repressed in Twentynine Palms". Mysterious Skin: Male Bodies in Contemporary Cinema (2009).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. "You Can be Dead but You’re Never Really Dead:" Six Feet, Six Inches Under. (2009).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. Hanging by a Thread. (2009).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. Hung in America. (2009).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. Observe and Report What?. (2009).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. Still Hanging. (2009).
- Peter Lehman. "En el Reino de la Confusión" English title, "In the Realm of Confusion". Exit (2008).
- Lehman, Peter Robert,Hunt, Susan. "The Naked and the Dead: The Jewish Male Body and Masculinity in Sunshine and Enemy oat the Gates. The Persistence of Whiteness: Race and Contemporrary Hollywood Cinema (2008).
- Peter Lehman. "Script/Performance/Text: Performance Theory and Auteur Theory". Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader (2008).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. "Californication: Trouble in Body Guy Paradise.". (2008).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. Californication: Trouble in Body Guy Paradise. (2008).
- Lehman, Peter Robert. Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body. (2007).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . Crying Over the Melodramatic Penis: Melodrama and Male Nudity in Films of the 90s. Genre, Gender, Race, and World Cinema: An Anthology (2007).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) ,Luhr, William (Author) . I Love New York: Breakfast at Tiffany's. New York: City That Never Sleeps (2007).
- Peter Lehman. A 'Strange Quirk in His Lineage': Walter Mosely, Donald Goines, and the Racial Representation of the Penis. Men and Masculinities (2006).
- Lehman, Peter Robert. Pornography: Film and Culture. (2006).
- Lehman, Peter Robert. Pornography: Film and Culture. (2006).
- Lehman, Peter Robert. Pornography: Film and Culture. (2006).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . Introduction: 'A Dirty Little Secret': Why Teach and Study Pornography?. Pornography: Film and Culture (2006).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . Revelations about Pornography. Pornography: Film and Culture (2006).
- Luhr, William (Author) ,Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . Experiment in Terror: Dystopian Modernism, Film Noir, and the Space of Anxiety. Cinema and Modernity (2006).
- Lehman, Peter Robert, Eckstein, Arthur M. The Searchers: Essays and Reflections on John Ford's Classic Western. (2004).
- Eckstein, Arthur M, Lehman, Peter Robert. The Searchers: Essays and Reflections of John Ford's Classic Western. (2004).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . Bad, Worse, Worst: 8MM and Hollywood's Bad Boyys of Porn. Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen (2004).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . In an Imperfect World Men with Small Penises Are Unforgiven. Men's Lives (2004).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . They Look So Uncomplicated Once They're Dissected: The Act of Seeing the Dead Penis with One's Own Eyes. The Trouble with Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinema (2004).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . You Couldn't Hit It on the Nose: The Limits of Lknowledge in and of The Searchers. The Searchers: Essays and Reflections on John Ford's Classic Western (2004).
- Lehman, Peter Robert. Roy Orbison: The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity. (2003).
- Lehman, Peter Robert, Luhr, William. Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying. (2003).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . The Limits of Knowledge in and of The Searchers. The Searchers: Essays and Reflections on John Ford's Classic Western (2003).
- Peter Lehman, Susan Hunt. Severed Heads and Severed Genitals: Violence in Dead Presidents. Framework (2002).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) ,Hunt, Susan (Author) . The Mind, the Body, and Transformations of Masculinity in the Nutty Professor. Enfant Terrible: Jerry Lewis in American Film (2002).
- Peter Lehman, Susan Hunt. Passion and Passion for Learning in The Governess. Jump Cut (2001).
- Lehman, Peter Robert. Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture. (2001).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . Crying Over the Melodramatic Penis. Masculinity: Movies, Body Culture (2001).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . How the West Wasn't Won: The Repression of Capitalism in John Ford's Westerns. John Ford Made Westerns: Filming the Legend in the Sound Era (2001).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . The American Cinema and the Critic Who Guided Me Through It. Citizen Sarris, American Film Critic (2001).
- Lehman, Peter Robert (Author) . What Business Does a Critic Have Asking If Blake Edwards Is Gay?: Rumor, Scandal, Biography, and Textual Analysis. Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal (2001).
- Peter Lehman. Will the Real Machine Please Stand Up?: 8MM. Jump Cut (2000).
- . . Review of: Heroes in hard Times: Cop Action Movies in the U.S (2000).
Research Activity:
- Lehman,Peter Robert*, Bjork,Robert Eric. Game of Thrones: Hierarchy and Violence - Analyzing Society in the Historical Landscape of the Imagination. (10/27/2014 - 12/31/2015).
- Lehman,Peter Robert*. The Politics of 1950's Film. (4/21/2011 - 8/30/2011).
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 100 | Introduction to Film |
| Fall 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 100 | Introduction to Film |
| Spring 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 460 | Masculinity and Film |
| Fall 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 100 | Introduction to Film |
Presentations:
- Peter Lehman. "How Do You Simulate a Caress?: The Difference between Hard-Core and Soft-Core Porn and Why It Matters.". VIII MAGIS/International Film Studies Spring School Conference, Gorizia, Italy (Mar 2010).
- Peter Lehman and Susan Hunt. "Observing and Reporting on Phallic Masculinity.". Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (Mar 2010).
- Peter Lehman. "Caves, Buttes, Marshes, and Deserts: Landscape in The Searchers.". "Flickering Landscapes: Cinematic Representations of the West," Moab, Utah (May 2007).
- Lehman, Peter, Hunt, Susan. The Naked and the Dead: The Jewish Male Body in Sunshine and Enemy at the Gates. Society or Cinema Studies Conference (Mar 2006).
- Lehman, Peter. Unmaking Love: The Graphic Representation of "Normal" and "Perverse" Sex in Post-1968 Cinema. University of Zurich Conference on Sexuality and the Media in the 20th Century (Oct 2005).
- Lehman, Peter. Roy Orbison's "You May Feel Me Crying" in Wim Wenders's The End of Violence. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (Mar 2005).
- Lehman, Peter. Unmaking Love: Removing the Wall Between Normalcy and Perversion. 5th International tel-Viv Conference on Cinema Studies (Jun 2004).
- Lehman, Peter, Luhr, William. Experiment in Terror: Film Noir, Dystopian Modernism, and the Space of Anxiety. Society for Film and Media Studies Conference (Apr 2004).
- Lehman, Peter. The Searchers. John Ford Symposium at the Gwanju International Film Festival (Aug 2003).
- Lehman, Peter. Any Given Sunday: Evolutionary Theory and Male Display in the Locker Room, on the Playing Field, and on the Screen. Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, wr (Apr 2003).
- Lehman, Peter. The Searchers: A Film that Fits a Lot of Descriptions. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (Mar 2003).
- Lehman, Peter. The Searchers: A Film that Fits a Lot of Descriptions. American West (s) in Film, Television, and History Conference (Nov 2002).
- Lehman, Peter, Hunt, Susan. Between the Boardroom and the Locker Room: The Trajectory of the Career Woman in Any Given Sunday. Society for Cinema Studies Conference (May 2002).
- Lehman, Peter. Teaching Sexuality in the Media to Undergraduates. Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Conference (Apr 2002).
- Lehman, Peter. Rumor, Scandal, Biography, and Textual Analysis. New York University Biography Seminar (Feb 2002).
- Lehman, Peter, Hunt, Susan. Male Writers as Lovers in The End of the Affair and Henry and June. Society for Cinema Studies Conference (May 2001).
- Lehman, Peter, Hunt, Susan. 'The Inner Man': The Mind, the Body, and Transformations of Masculinity in The Nutty Professor. Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film (Feb 2001).
- Lehman, Peter. There Are Stronger Men than Me: Masculinity in the Music of Roy Orbison. Musical Intersections Conference (Nov 2000).
- Lehman, Peter. 'Chicken Hearted': Roy Orbison's Not So Tough Guy Persona. Point Blank: Tough Guy Film and Culture Conference (May 2000).
- Lehman, Peter, Hunt, Susan. The Father, THE FATHER, and the Son: The Male Body in The Governess. Society for Cinema Studies Conference (Mar 2000).
- Lehman, Peter. 'But Wait': Time, Masculinity, and Race in Roy Orbison's and Count Basie's Versions of 'Oh, Pretty Woman'. Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film (Jan 2000).
- Lehman, Peter. Anatomy in Anatomy. Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film
- Lehman, Peter. “The Penis Now: Male Subjectivity and the Penis in User-Generated Content on the Voyeurweb and in Walter Mosley's Killing Johnny Fry.”. "Carnal Knowledge[s]: Desire, Consumption and the Visual"
- Lehman, Peter, Hunt, Susan. “Exposing the Body Guy: The Return of the Repressed in Twentynine Palms.”. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference
Service:
- Film and Media Studies and Director, Center for Film and Media Research, Arizona State University, Director (2005 - Present)
- Committee for the development of a Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Media and Digital Culture. Planning Authority granted by the Arizona Board of Regents, Chair (1999 - Present)
- Phoenix Art Museum, Speaker (2010 - 2010)
- Phoenix Art Museum, Speaker (2009 - 2009)
- Phoenix Art Museum, Speaker (2007 - 2007)
- Phoenix Art Museum, Speaker (2006 - 2006)
- Humanities Interdisciplinary Program, Florida State University, Tallhassee, External Evaluator (2005 - 2005)
- Interdisciplinary Humanities Program, Arizona State University, Director (2002 - 2005)
- A&E. Interviewed and appear in biography broadcast, Blake Edwards (2004 - 2004)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Steering Committee for the Development of the School of Global Studies, Member (2004 - 2004)
- University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A. and Ph.D. Proposal, External Evaluator (2004 - 2004)
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies Honorary Membership Committee, Chair (2003 - 2003)
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies Honorary Membership Committee, Member (2001 - 2002)
- Promotion and Tenure Committee, Member (1999 - 2002)
- School of Art, Search Committee for a Twentieth-Century Art Historian, Chair (2000 - 2001)
- A Conversation Between People in the Film Industry, Critics, and a Philosopher on Values In Film, Conference on Ethics and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Participant (2001 - 2001)
- Art Effects: 'Does Art Really Incite Behavior?', Conference on Ethics in the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Participant (2001 - 2001)
- Lecture on Blake Edwards for the Barrett Honors College (2000 - 2000)
- Film Committee, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Member (2000 - 2000)
- University of Colorado at Boulder Film Program External Evaluation Committee, Member (2000 - 2000)