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The bully society : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools / Jessie Klein.
LIBRA BF637.B85 K584 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klein, Jessie.
- Series:
- Intersections (New York, N.Y.)
- Intersections : transdisciplinary perspectives on genders and sexualities
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bullying--United States.
- Bullying.
- Bullying in schools--United States.
- Bullying in schools.
- School shootings--United States.
- School shootings.
- School discipline--United States.
- School discipline.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 307 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Argues that the rise in school violence is the consequence of a society that promotes and encourages aggressive and competitive behavior, and proposes ways to transcend these destructive trends and stress compassion over bullying.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: the gender police
- Social status wars
- Masculinity and white supremacy
- Violence against girls
- Gay bashing
- Girl bashing
- Cyber-bullying
- Adult bullies
- The bully economy
- America is from Mars, Europe is from Venus
- Creating kinder schools and cyberspaces
- Conclusion: from a bully society to compassionate communities
- Appendix: methodology
- Notes
- Index
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814748886
- 0814748880
- OCLC:
- 755213489
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