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The bully society [[electronic resource] ] : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools / / Jessie Klein



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Autore: Klein Jessie Visualizza persona
Titolo: The bully society [[electronic resource] ] : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools / / Jessie Klein Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
Disciplina: 302.34/30973
Soggetto topico: Bullying - United States
Bullying in schools - United States
School shootings - United States
School discipline - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-285) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 2. Masculinity and White Supremacy -- 3. Violence against Girls -- 4. Gay Bashing -- 5. Girl Bashing -- 6. Girl Bashing -- 7. Adult Bullies -- 8. The Bully Economy -- 9. America Is from Mars, Europe Is from Venus -- 10. Creating Kinder Schools and Cyberspaces -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
Sommario/riassunto: Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013 In today’s schools, kids bullying kids is not an occasional occurrence but rather an everyday reality where children learn early that being sensitive, respectful, and kind earns them no respect. Jessie Klein makes the provocative argument that the rise of school shootings across America, and childhood aggression more broadly, are the consequences of a society that actually promotes aggressive and competitive behavior. The Bully Society is a call to reclaim America’s schools from the vicious cycle of aggression that threatens our children and our society at large.Heartbreaking interviews illuminate how both boys and girls obtain status by acting “masculine”—displaying aggression at one another’s expense as both students and adults police one another to uphold gender stereotypes. Klein shows that the aggressive ritual of gender policing in American culture creates emotional damage that perpetuates violence through revenge, and that this cycle is the main cause of not only the many school shootings that have shocked America, but also related problems in schools, manifesting in high rates of suicide, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-cutting, truancy, and substance abuse. After two decades working in schools as a school social worker and professor, Klein proposes ways to transcend these destructive trends—transforming school bully societies into compassionate communities.
Titolo autorizzato: The bully society  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-6371-5
0-8147-7149-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460975303321
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Serie: Intersections (New York, N.Y.)