Kathryn E. Linder

Rampage Violence Narratives

What Fictional Accounts of School Shootings Say about the Future of America's Youth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring film, television, adult literature, and young adult literature with an analysis grounded in feminist cultural studies, this book unveils the ways in which fictional rampage violence narratives, in context with their urban violence counterparts, communicate adult anxieties about American youth and who represents the "ideal" citizen.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780739193969
• ISBN-10: 0739193961
• Artikelnr.: 47830498

Autorenporträt

Kathryn E. Linder is research director for Oregon State University Ecampus.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables
Introduction. The Fictionalization of School Shootings Chapter 1. Becoming
Monstrous: Representations of Race in Fictional Narratives of School
Violence Case Study 1. Kevin Reynold's 187 and Gus Van Sant's Elephant
Chapter 2. Heteronormativity and the Queer School Shooter Case Study 2. Uwe
Boll's Heart of America Chapter 3. Violence, Pregnancy, Agency: The Birth
of the Female Shooter Case Study 3. Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes Chapter
4. Fictionalizing Youth Violence for Youth Consumption Case Study 4. Sharon
Draper's Just Another Hero Chapter 5. Youth, Sex, and Violence: A Final
Case Study Bibliography Index About the Author