Failure to hold : the politics of school violence
Underscores the impossible mission that the U.S. public attempts to impose on students in schools: to contain the anger and rage that they feel toward society.
x, 221 pages ; 24 cm
9780742519831, 9780742519848, 074251983X, 0742519848
50143732
Introduction: fantasy, compliance, and rage in a postauthority world
Triggering rage: cases of motivation as determined by public reaction to school shootings
West Paducah, Kentucky: the basketball diaries as predatory culture
Jonesboro, Arkansas: guns and their seductive qualities
Springfield, Oregon: the law of the father and homicidal rage
Theories of violence in politics and society
Witnessing and salvation at school
Why can't we be Deweyan citizens?
The "facilitating environment" and generational change
Heroism and mastery As models of reproductive anxiety in education
Conclusion: post-Columbine
reflections on youth violence as a national movement