School violence has become our new American horror story, but it also has its roots in the way it comments on western values with respect to violence, shame, mental illness, suicide, humanity, and the virtual. Beyond Columbine: School Violence and the Virtual offers a series of readings of school shooting episodes (Red Lake, MN, 2005; Virginia Tech, 2007, and Northern Illinois, 2008), as well as similar cases in Finland, Germany, and Norway, among others and their relatedness.
The book expands the author's central premise from her earlier book Failure to Hold,...
School violence has become our new American horror story, but it also has its roots in the way it comments on western values with respect to violen...
School violence has become our new American horror story, but it also has its roots in the way it comments on western values with respect to violence, shame, mental illness, suicide, humanity, and the virtual. Beyond Columbine: School Violence and the Virtual offers a series of readings of school shooting episodes in the United States as well as similar cases in Finland, Germany, and Norway, among others and their relatedness. The book expands the author''s central premise from her earlier book Failure to Hold, which explores the hidden curriculum of American culture that is rooted in...
School violence has become our new American horror story, but it also has its roots in the way it comments on western values with respect to violence,...
