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Reload : rethinking violence in American life / by Strain, Christopher B.,1970-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.When incidents of extreme violence flare in America, all too often they are framed as isolated aberrations. Nothing could be further from the truth, as the author argues in this book. The unpleasant fact, as he reveals in this study, is that American violence is inextricably woven into the fabric of our national heritage and experience. He traces our modern day conception of violence from the struggle to survive on the American frontier, through evolving gender roles in recent centuries, to the hysteria surrounding video and role playing games and the more recent disturbing phenomenon of school shootings. He shapes nothing less than a profound meditation on American violence and a "primer" on understanding what can often appear to be a profoundly dangerous nation. In addition to serving as an overview of the state of violence in America, the book also suggests ways of combating the trends that lead to tragedy.Introduction: thinking violence -- The violence of American masculinity -- Televiolence -- Gun crazy -- Red, black, and blue -- Conclusion: rethinking violence.
Subjects: Violence; Violence in men; Violence in popular culture;
© c2010., Vanderbilt University Press,
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Domestic abuse and sexual assault in popular culture / by Finley, Laura L.;
"Using historical and current examples from film, television, literature, advertisements, and music, this book reveals the ways that rape and abuse are typically presented--and misrepresented--and evaluates the impact of these depictions on consumers -- Addresses both positive and negative depictions of domestic abuse and sexual assault from recent popular culture, utilizing examples from film, television, literature, music, advertisements, and more -- Presents information that is ideal for undergraduate courses in gender studies, sociology, and psychology as well as communications and popular culture classes -- Utilizes the most current research on dating and domestic and sexual violence to clearly demonstrate the importance of how these issues and crimes are depicted in popular culture -- Provides a comprehensive appendix of additional resources that directs students in investigating the topic further"--1. Beyond Stupid Sluts and Innocent Children: Describing Victims -- 2. Domestic Terrorists and Strangers in the Bushes: Describing Offenders -- 3. Tornados Meeting Volcanoes and Asking for It: Myths about Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault 4. Evil, Ill, or Controlling: Exploring Depictions of Criminological Theory -- 5. Calling the Cops and a Day in Court: Depictions of Criminal Justice Responses -- 6. Getting Over It or Taking Matters into Your Own Hands: Victim and Other Responses -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Films, Documentaries, Popular Books, and Song Lyrics Featuring Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault -- Appendix B: Recommended Resources on Rape, Domestic Violence, and Popular Culture.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Violence in mass media.; Violence in popular culture; Women; Rape in mass media.; Mass media and culture; Crime in popular culture;
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Mommy angst : motherhood in American popular culture / by Hall, Ann C.,1959-; Bishop, Mardia.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This revealing work looks at representations of motherhood from a wide range of pop culture sources to explore larger questions about the image and self-image of mothers in the United States.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Motherhood; Mutterschaft <Motiv>; Massenkultur.;
© c2009., Praeger,
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A history of violence : from the end of the Middle Ages to the present / by Muchembled, Robert,1944-; Birrell, Jean,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-360) and index.1. What is violence? Is violence innate? -- Violence and manliness -- Semen and blood : a history of honour -- 2. Violence : seven centuries of spectacular decline. The reliability of the crime figures -- Seven centuries of decline -- The 'making' of young men -- 3. The youth festivals of violence (thirteenth to seventeenth centuries). A culture of violence -- Violent festivities and brutal games -- Youth violence -- 4. The urban peace at the end of the Middle Ages. The pacificatory towns -- Controlling the young -- Violence costs dear -- 5. Cain and Medea : homicide and the construction of sexed genders (1500-1650). A judicial revolution -- In pursuit of the ungrateful son : the spread of the blood taboo -- Medea, the guilty mother -- 6. The noble duel and popular revolt : the metamorphoses of violence. The duel, a French exception -- Noble youths sharpen their swords -- Popular violence and the frustrations of youth -- 7. Violence tamed (1650-1960). Murder is forbidden -- The civilizing town -- Violence and changing concepts of honour in the countryside -- 8. Mortal thrills and crime fiction (sixteenth to twentieth centuries). The devil, assuredly: the birth of crime fiction -- From bloodthirsty murderer to well-loved bandit -- Blood and ink -- 9. The return of the gangs: contemporary adolescence and violence. Death in paradise -- Juvenile deliquency -- 'Rebel without a cause' or 'eternal recurrence' -- Is the end of violence possible?Violence is so much in the news today that we may find it hard to believe that it is less prevalent than it was in the past. But this is exactly what the distinguished historian Robert Muchembled argues in this major new work on the history of violence. He shows that brutality and homicide have been in decline since the thirteenth century. The thesis of a "civilizing process", of a gradual taming, even sublimation, of violence, seems, therefore, to be well-founded. How are we to explain this decline in public displays of aggression? What mechanisms have modernizing societies employed to repress and control violence? The increasingly strict social control of unmarried, male adolescents, together with the coercive education imposed on this age group, are central to Muchembled's explanation. Masculine violence gradually disappeared from public space, to become concentrated in the home. Meanwhile, a vast popular literature, precursor of the modern mass media, came to play a cathartic role: the duels of The Three Musketeers and the amazing exploits of Fantomas, as described in the new crime literature invented in the nineteenth century, now helped to purge the violent impulses. -- Book cover.
Subjects: Violence; Violence; Violence; Violence; Nonviolence; Youth and violence.;
© ©2012., Polity,
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Asian American histories of the United States / [electronic resource]. by Choy, Catherine Ceniza.; Kay, Cindy.;
Narrator: Cindy Kay.An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. Reckoning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in anti-Asian hate and violence, award-winning historian Catherine Ceniza Choy presents an urgent social history of the fastest growing group of Americans. The book features the lived experiences and diverse voices of immigrants, refugees, US-born Asian Americans, multiracial Americans, and workers from industries spanning agriculture to healthcare. Despite significant Asian American breakthroughs in American politics, arts, and popular culture in the twenty-first century, a profound lack of understanding of Asian American history permeates American culture. Choy traces how anti-Asian violence and its intersection with misogyny and other forms of hatred, the erasure of Asian American experiences and contributions, and Asian American resistance to what has been omitted are prominent themes in Asian American history. This ambitious book is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early twenty-first century.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 223973 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; History.; Politics.; Sociology.;
© 2022., Beacon Press,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=7673901 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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The Lolita effect : the media sexualization of young girls and what we can do about it / by Durham, Meenakshi Gigi.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Introduction: Sexy girls in the media -- 1: How long has this been going on? girls and the myths of sex -- 2: First myth: If you've got it, flaunt it -- 3: Second myth: Anatomy of a sex goddess -- 4: Third myth: Pretty babies -- 5: Fourth myth: Violence is sexy -- 6: Fifth myth: What boys like -- 7: Seducers: understanding myth and spectacle in the media -- 8: Superhighway of sex: girls, media, and sexuality around the world -- 9: Confronting spectacle: strategies for resistance -- Resources -- Notes -- Index.From the Publisher: Pop culture-and the advertising that surrounds it-teaches young girls and boys five myths about sex and sexuality: Girls don't choose boys, boys choose girls-but only sexy girls, There's only one kind of sexy-slender, curvy, white beauty, Girls should work to be that type of sexy, The younger a girl is, the sexier she is, Sexual violence can be hot. Together, these five myths make up the Lolita Effect, the mass media trends that work to undermine girls' self-confidence, that condone female objectification, and that tacitly foster sex crimes. But identifying these myths and breaking them down can help girls learn to recognize progressive and healthy sexuality and protect themselves from degrading media ideas and sexual vulnerability. In The Lolita Effect, Dr. M. Gigi Durham offers breakthrough strategies for empowering girls to make healthy decisions about their own sexuality.
Subjects: Mass media and girls; Girls in popular culture; Self-perception in adolescence.; Sex in mass media.; Girls; Mass media; Popular culture; Parenting.; Meisjes; Massamedia.; Seksualiseren.;
© 2008., Overlook Press,
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Mass shootings : media, myths, and realities / by Schildkraut, Jaclyn.; Elsass, H. Jaymi.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-229) and index.Claims making and agenda setting: How myths become realities -- What is a "mass shooting"? -- A history of public mass shootings -- Mass shootings by the numbers -- The "usual suspects" as causal factors -- Mass shootings around the globe -- Preventing mass shootings -- Mass shootings in a mediated society -- Mass shootings today and beyond.When a mass shooting happens, the media is flooded with headlines and breaking information about the shooters, victims, and acts themselves. What is notably absent are any concrete details to inform news consumers how prevalent these mass shootings really are (or are not, when considering crime statistics as a whole), what are legitimate causes for concern, and how likely an individual is to be involved in such an incident. Instead, these events often are used as catalysts for conversations about larger issues such as gun control and mental health care reform. What critical points are we missing when the media focuses on only what "people want to hear"? This book focuses on the myths purported about these unfortunate events, their victims, and their perpetrators through typical U.S. media coverage as well as evidence-based facts to contradict such narratives. The authors pay primary attention to contemporary shootings in the United States but also discuss events dating back to the 1700's and those occurring internationally. The accessible writing enables readers to gain a more in-depth understanding of the context of mass shootings in the United States and the resulting responses and policies.
Subjects: Mass murder.; Firearms.; Firearms and crime.; Violent crimes.; Murder in mass media.; Violence in mass media.;
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It's not the media : the truth about pop culture's influence on children / by Sternheimer, Karen.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) and index.Who's afraid of the the big bad wolf? ; The flawed logic of media phobia, past and present -- Why Americans choose to fear media ; It's not the media: what really changed childhood -- Why Americans choose to fear youth ; The politics of youth-bashing -- Fear of media violence ; Four fallacies of media-violence effects -- Fear of cartoons ; Role models for bad behavior? -- Fear of video games ; The blamed games -- Fear of music ; Musical murder and misogyny -- Fear of advertising and the young consumer ; How much is that psyche in the window? -- Fear of sex ; Do the media make them do it? -- Fear of the Internet ; Information regulation -- Rethinking fears of media and children ; Media: a sheep in wolf's clothing.
Subjects: Mass media and youth; Popular culture; Internet and children; Children; Children and adults; Teenagers and adults; Mass media and public opinion;
© 2003., Westview Press,
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Considering hate : violence, goodness, and justice in American culture and politics / by Whitlock, Kay.; Bronski, Michael.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Hate haunts the human imagination. As a society, the United States has created a "hate frame" through which we view the world. It provides a concept, a language, and a set of cultural images and narratives that help us attribute motivation for violence, slot different segments of the population into tidy categories of "us" and "them," and justify enmity. Violence against marginalized and vulnerable communities - people of color, queers, women, people with disabilities, Muslims, and Jews - is said to be the result of hate, and the most popular remedy for it is more policing and harsher punishments. But is hate the right diagnosis for the violence that is so prevalent in American society? Does it help us reduce or prevent violence? How does it shape our understanding of innocence, guilt, and justice? How does it influence the way we assign people into the roles of "victim" and "perpetrator"? Considering Hate makes the case that the hate frame distorts our understanding of violence directed against vulnerable groups, obscures our ability to trace that violence to its sources, and impedes our ability to address the conditions that produce it. By anchoring us to simplistic political and cultural notions about violence and justice, the hate frame may do more harm than good."--Publisher information.Dehumanization and violence -- Hate in the public imagination -- Boundaries, borders, and psychic shadows of hate -- Collective responsibility and moral disengagement -- Goodness in the public imagination.
Subjects: Hate; Violence; Discrimination; Multiculturalism;
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Rube tube : CBS and rural comedy in the sixties / by Eskridge, Sara K.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Communist Broadcasting System -- Quiz Shows, Horse Operas, and the Confederacy -- A New Sheriff in Town -- The Country Broadcasting System -- Rural Comedy: The Principles of Popularity -- Rural Comedy and the Race-Free South -- The Smothers Brothers and the Rural Safety Net -- Massacre."Historian Sara Eskridge examines television's rural comedy boom in the 1960s and the political, social, and economic factors that made these shows a perfect fit for CBS. The network, nicknamed the Communist Broadcasting System during the Red Scare of the 1940s, saw its image hurt again in the 1950s with the quiz show scandals and a campaign against violence in westerns. When a rival network introduced rural-themed programs to cater to the growing southern market, CBS latched onto the trend and soon reestablished itself as the Country Broadcasting System. Its rural comedies dominated the ratings throughout the decade, attracting viewers from all parts of the country. With fascinating discussions of The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and other shows, Eskridge reveals how the southern image was used to both entertain and reassure Americans in the turbulent 1960s"--
Subjects: CBS Television Network; Country life on television.; Situation comedies (Television programs); Television programs; Popular culture;
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