Guys and Guns Amok

Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia Tech Massacre
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-59451-493-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

Reihe: The Radical Imagination

From the recent shootings at Virginia Tech University to the tragedies at Columbine and Oklahoma City, certain common traits can be traced through all of these events. In Guys and Guns Amok, media and cultural critic Douglas Kellner provides a fascinating diagnostic reading of these acts of domestic terrorism. Skillfully connecting each case with the current environment for male socialization and the search for identity in an American culture obsessed with guns and militarism, Kellner's work is a sobering reflection on these tragedies and the pervasive power of media and popular culture as well as a wake-up call for the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kellner, Douglas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Introduction: Media Spectacle and the “Virginia Tech Massacre”, Chapter 1: Deconstructing the Spectacle: Race, Guns, and the Culture Wars, Chapter 2: The Situation of Contemporary Youth, Chapter 3: Constructing Male Identities and the Spectacle of Terror, Chapter 4: What Is to Be Done?, Notes, References, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kellner, Douglas