Reload : rethinking violence in American life /
Strain, Christopher B., 1970-
Reload : rethinking violence in American life / Christopher B. Strain. - Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2010. - xix, 162 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: thinking violence -- The violence of American masculinity -- Televiolence -- Gun crazy -- Red, black, and blue -- Conclusion: rethinking violence.
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.
9780826517418 (cloth edition : alk. paper) 0826517412 (cloth edition : alk. paper) 9780826517425 (pbk. edition : alk. paper) 0826517420 9780826517432 (e-book) 0826517439 (e-book)
2010020351
015769515 Uk 015777465 Uk
Violence--United States.
Violence in men--United States.
Violence in popular culture--United States.
Popular culture.
Violence.
Violence in men.
United States.
HN 90 .V5 S87 2010
Reload : rethinking violence in American life / Christopher B. Strain. - Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2010. - xix, 162 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: thinking violence -- The violence of American masculinity -- Televiolence -- Gun crazy -- Red, black, and blue -- Conclusion: rethinking violence.
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.
9780826517418 (cloth edition : alk. paper) 0826517412 (cloth edition : alk. paper) 9780826517425 (pbk. edition : alk. paper) 0826517420 9780826517432 (e-book) 0826517439 (e-book)
2010020351
015769515 Uk 015777465 Uk
Violence--United States.
Violence in men--United States.
Violence in popular culture--United States.
Popular culture.
Violence.
Violence in men.
United States.
HN 90 .V5 S87 2010