All-American Massacre : The Tragic Role of American Culture and Society in Mass Shootings / edited by Eric Madfis and Adam Lankford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madfis, Eric, editor.

Lankford, Adam, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems--United States.

Social problems.

United States--Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"In this edited collection, topic experts report on the social and cultural roots of various motivations and correlates of American mass shootings. The examinations of each contributing social problem center the question of why mass shootings are such an American phenomenon"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Mass Shootings and American Culture and Society / Eric Madfis and Adam Lankford

Mass Shootings and American Masculinities: Mass Shootings and American Masculinity / Tristan Bridges, Tara Leigh Tober, and Melanie Brazzell

The Patriarchal Patterns of Male Mass Killers in America: A Typology / Alison J. Marganski

Mass Shootings Involving Intimate Partners in the United States: Prevalence and Patterns / Jillian J. Turanovic and Kristen J. Neville

Involuntary Celibates, Masculinities, and Violence in American Culture / Sarah E. Daly

Structural Strain, Intersectionality, and Mass Murder: A Case Study of the Isla Vista Shooting / Daniel Gascón

Mass Shootings and White Supremacy in America. White Supremacy, Frontier Myths, the "Great Replacement" Theory, and the Making of American Mass Killers / Betsy Friauf and Michael Phillips

The Accelerationists: White Supremacist Movement Culture and the Strategy of Mass Shootings in the United States / Stanislav Vysotsky

Violent Revenge, Derealization, and Deadly Violence: White Supremacist Websites and Mass Shootings / Simon Gottschalk, Daniel Okamura, Jaimee Nix, and Celene Fuller

Mass Violence, White Empathy: How Media Narratives Shape Public Sentiment on Mass Shootings / Scott Duxbury

Mass Shootings and American Mass and Social Media. "I'll See You on National T.V.!": America's Fame-seeking Mass Shooters and Their Global Influence / Jason R. Silva

Is No Notoriety Enough?: Attaining Micro-Fame beyond the Mass Media / Stephanie Howells, Ryan Broll, and Patrick F. Parnaby

"And What Are All These People Watching?": The American Celebrity Industry, Genre, and Film Adaptations of School Shootings / Lindsay Steenberg

Mass Shootings and American Politics. The American Politics of Mass Shootings: Sun-tzu, Clausewitz, and the Unicorn / Tom Diaz

Heated Partisan Rhetoric: An Important Factor in Mass Shootings That Involve Political Figures in the United States / Mark R. Joslyn

Support for Gun Rights: Group Identities, Perceptions of Safety, and Attitudes about Responses to Mass Shootings in the United States / Donald P. Haider-Markel, Abigail Vegter, and Patrick J. Gauding

Mass Shootings and American Education. A Case of American Exceptionalism: The Influence of Super Controllers in Mass School Shootings / Brooke Miller Gialopsos, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Melissa M. Moon, and William A. Stadler

Perceptions of Blame for Gun Violence in U.S. schools: Media Coverage of the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting / Aaron Kupchik, Benjamin W. Fisher, F. Chris Curran, and Salvatore D'Angelo

Preventing School Shootings and Healing America's Bootstrap Trauma with Compassionate and Cooperative Schools / Jessie Klein

Mass Shootings, Firearms, and Mental Health in America. The Precarious Relationship between Firearm Access and Mass Shootings in the United States: Logically Obvious but Analytically Evasive / Paul Reeping

Do Gun Control Laws Prevent Mass Shootings in the United States?: A Review of the Evidence / Emma E. Fridel

Gun Purchasing Patterns in the United States: Trends Surrounding Mass Shootings / Lacey N. Wallace

Mass shootings and Mental Health in the United States: Key Dynamics and Controversies / Jillian Peterson and James Densley.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439923146

1439923140