{"product_id":"bullying-9781439910733","title":"Bullying","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her forceful social history, Bullying, Laura Martocci explores the bully culture that has claimed national attention since the late 1990s.  Moving beyond the identification of aggressive behaviors to an analysis of how and why we have arrived at a culture that thrives on humiliation, she critiques the social forces that gave rise to, and help maintain, bullying. Martocci's analysis of gossip, laughter, stereotyping, and competitiondynamics that foment bullying and prompt responses of shame, violence, and depressionis positioned within a larger social narrative: the means by which we negotiate damaged social bonds and the role that bystanders play in the possibility of atonement, forgiveness, and redemption.  Martocci's fresh perspective on bullying positions shame as pivotal. She urges us to acknowledge the pain and confusion caused by social disgrace; to understand its social, psychological, and neurological nature; and to address it through narratives of loss, grief, and redemptio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A very useful and up-to-date discussion of the social-emotional origins of bullying.”— Thomas Scheff, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Martocci’s book offers a new and exciting interdisciplinary and sociocultural approach to the serious and complex issue of bullying. Her approach focuses on the psychosocial dynamics of humiliation and shame—how to understand this relational process and how to change the behaviors that restore people’s relations and identities. \u003ci\u003eBullying\u003c\/i\u003e is complex and multifaceted work. I am greatly impressed by Martocci’s analysis and framework, which draw from social science and social theory, social psychology, and psychoanalysis. I am certain that \u003ci\u003eBullying\u003c\/i\u003e will have a wide appeal to both academics working in cultural studies and educators, practitioners, and clinicians working on this social problem.”—E. Doyle McCarthy, Professor of Sociology at Fordham University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1  The Cultural-Historical Foundations of Bullying Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Brief Synopsis of Cultural Change\u003cbr\u003e Religion and Shame: The Historical Possibility of Redemption\u003cbr\u003e The Socialization of Children and the Root of Contemporary Shame \u003cbr\u003e Constructing a Social Problem: Bullying and the Double-Edged Sword of the Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2  Social Forces and Bullying\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gossip\u003cbr\u003e Laughter\u003cbr\u003e Stereotypes and Categories\u003cbr\u003e Competition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3  Shame and Identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Shame: The Social Mechanics of a Social Emotion\u003cbr\u003e Shame and Anger\u003cbr\u003e The Psychodynamics of Anger and the Neurodynamics of Pain \u003cbr\u003e Guilt\u003cbr\u003e Re-visioning Shame: The Strengths and Weaknesses of a New Paradigm\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4  Grieving and Grief Work: Negotiating Social Pain and Personal Loss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Traditional Conceptualizations of Grief \u003cbr\u003e New Models of Grieving and Grief Work\u003cbr\u003e Bullying: A Special Case of Loss and the Pitfall of Rumination\u003cbr\u003e Rumination and Depression: Social-Psychological-Neurological\u003cbr\u003e Interface\u003cbr\u003e A Final Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5  Narrative Writing and the Reconstruction of Self\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Overview\u003cbr\u003e Storying the Brain\u003cbr\u003e Expressive Writing: Integrating the Neural, the Social, and the Psychological\u003cbr\u003e Storying Experiences: Writing Chaos and the Reclamation of Voice Memory\u003cbr\u003e Narrating an Audience and Defining a Victim: The Paradox of Social Stories\u003cbr\u003e A Final Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6   Tying Up Loose Ends: Challenges to Bystanders, Challenges of Cyberspace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Everyone Else: A Breakdown of Bystander Responsibility\u003cbr\u003e Cyberspace: New Dynamics, New Challenges, New Potentials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePostscript: Practical Suggestions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A: The Uniqueness of Self and Personal Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: The Re-visioning of Liberation and Womanist Theologies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: Scheff and Retzinger: The Redemptive Role of Communication?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D: Lyn Lofland’s “Threads of Social Connectedness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix E: The Dynamics Underlying Expressive Writing: Why Does It Work?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix F: Traumarama!, Seventeen Magazine, and Prepackaged Shame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408308740439,"sku":"9781439910733","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439910733.jpg?v=1730502381","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bullying-9781439910733","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}