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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Brown, Laura A

Titel

School gun violence in YA literature : representing environments, motives, and impacts

Ist Teil von

• Children and youth in popular culture

Ort / Verlag

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

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• Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index
• 2205
• Introduction -- YA Novel Synopses -- Part I: Who or What is to Blame? -- Section A: Micro & Mesosystems -- Schools -- Peers -- Parents -- Section B: Exosystems -- Media and Technology -- Section C: Macrosystems -- Sociocutural Norms & Gun Access -- Part II: Who is the Shooter? -- Traumatized School Shooters -- Psychopathic School Shooters -- Psychotic School Shooters -- Outliers -- Part III: The Aftermath -- Community Fallout -- School Reactions & Policies -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
• "Using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory and Peter Langman's categorical descriptions of school shooters, this book analyzes several Young Adult (YA) texts about school shootings and uncovers how the authors represent such violence and the perpetrators while developing stories that effectively speak to their adolescent readers"-- provided by publisher