{"product_id":"comprehending-columbine-9781592134908","title":"Comprehending Columbine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn April 20, 1999, two Colorado teenagers went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School. That day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve fellow students and a teacher, as well as wounding twenty-four other people, before they killed themselves. Although there have been other books written about the tragedy, this is the first serious, impartial investigation into the cultural, environmental, and psychological causes of the massacre.Based on first-hand interviews and a thorough reading of the relevant literature, Ralph Larkin examines the complex of factors that led the two young men to plan and carry out their deed. For Harris and Klebold, Larkin concludes, the carnage was an act of revenge against the \"jocks\" who had harassed and humiliated them, retribution against evangelical students who acted as if they were morally superior, an acting out of the mythology of right-wing paramilitary organization members to \"die in a blaze of glory,\" and a deep desire for notoriety.Rather than simply looking at Columbine as a crucible for all school violence, Larkin places the tragedy in its proper context, and in doing so, examines its causes and meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Larkin creates a powerful lens to examine the complexities of the forces which contributed to the Columbine tragedy. The introductory narrative of the rampage is so vivid that both the casual and studied reader will be instantly engaged... Drawing on his skill as an interviewer and researcher, Larkin is able to give the reader a glimpse of the cultural and everyday social reality of Columbine High School [and he] does an excellent job of situating school shootings in the larger cultural landscape of violence in America. Larkin's book is destined to be the definitive work on the Columbine shootings.\"-Raymond Calluori, New Jersey Institute of Technology \"This book is not just about Harris and Klebold's motivations... It is about the influence of social structure on those labeled as outsiders, ... about structurally entrenched sources of gendered violence and degradation.\"-Peter Freund, Montclair State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS 1.    list of tables    iv 2.    LIST OF FIGURES    v 3.    ARMAGEDDON (WELL, ALMOST)    1 Aftermath    11 4.    GOD'S COUNTRY    23 Columbine High School, April 19, 1999    38 Sports at Columbine    54 The High School and the Community    56 5.    CULTURE WARS AT COLUMBINE    60 Christians in the Cross Hairs    61 The Evangelicals Take over the Memorial Service    63 Rachel Scott and Cassie Bernall: From Victims to Christian Martyrs    66 The Strange Journey of the Crosses    74 Christians versus Christians    80 Moral Elitism    88 6.    THE PEER STRUCTURE OF COLUMBINE HIGH    89 The In Crowd    94 The Inbetweeners    104 The Outcaste Students    109 7.    THE OTHER COLUMBINE    114 Bullying    117 The Visibility of Bullying    127 The Role of Adults in Harassment    133 A Toxic Environment    140 Religious Intolerance    141 Injustice    144 Appearances and Reality    153 Mr. DeAngelis    156 Drugs    159 Conclusion    160 8.    ERIC AND DYLAN    163 Eric Harris, Instigator and Theorist    163 Dylan Klebold, Willing Follower    186 The Boys Together    196 The Depressive and the Psychopath?    202 Conclusion    206 9.    FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO COLUMBINE    210 Eric Harris and Nazi Skinheads    211 Youth and History    219 The Revolt of the Angry White Male, 1992-1996    224 Angry White Teenagers    227 Rambo Goes to School    234 10.    DEAD CELEBRITIES    238 Postmodern Culture and the Cult of Celebrity    241 Youth in a Cold New World    247 Who's Going to Make My Movie?  The Killers and Celebrity Status    264 11.    GIVE PEACE A CHANCE    268 Good and Evil at Columbine High School    271 Football and Toxic High School Environments    280 Columbine Retrospective    289 Peace Education    298 Peace    313 12.    References    318 13. Methodological Appendix","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041554334039,"sku":"9781592134908","price":65.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781592134908.jpg?v=1750950760","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/comprehending-columbine-9781592134908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}