Introduction / Abigail G. Scheg -- The changing faces of bullying in popular culture: an historical account of research in bullying / Kulwinder P. Kaur -- Bullying boundaries: how are reality television programs and school policies shaping youth perceptions of acceptable aggressive behaviors / Tamara Girardi -- Bullying bullies: narratives of territoriality in American popular culture / Eduardo Barros-Grela -- The chocolate war and anti-bullying novels in popular culture / Nina Marie Bone -- The power of praise / Mary-Lynn Chambers -- Not just for the kids: parents who cyberbully / Abigail G. Scheg -- "Fire is catching!" and so is bullying: the Hunger games / Katherine Lashley -- Queerness and bullying in popular culture / Kylo-Patrick R. Hart -- Swatch dogs and plastics: the codification of female bullying / Kasey Butcher -- It gets better (when you come back from the grave and kill them all): bullying and the horror film and the indeterminacy of the monster / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Mariana J. Zorate and Canela Ailen Rodriguez Fontao -- Bullying, Quidditch and the golden snitch: Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone / Chantelle Macphee -- "Carrie White burns in hell": re-evaluating Carrie in the post-Columbine era / Don Tresca -- Dauntless bullying in Veronica Roth's Divergent / Katherine Lashley -- The post/9/11 John Wayne vs. bullying: a tale of a schadenfreude obsessed culture / Kelly F. Franklin.
Summary:
"This collection of new essays offers a broad overview of bullying in popular culture. The contributors discuss the changing face of bullying in popular media, bullying among females, parents who cyberbully, anti-bullying novels, the phenomenon of schadenfreude obsessed culture, and how reality television shapes youth perceptions of acceptable aggressiveness"-- Provided by publisher.
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