All-American Massacre: The Tragic Role of American Culture and Society in Mass Shootings

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What elements of contemporary American life contribute to the United States having the greatest number and highest share of public mass shootings around the globe? The editors and contributors to All-American Massacre seek to answer this question by exploring how masculinity racism politics media fame education gun culture and mental health influence the causes of mass shootings in the United States. With a specific focus on exploring how American culture institutions and social structures influence the circumstances frequency and severity of mass shootings in the United States All-American Massacre advances emerging theoretical perspectives and forges fresh approaches new research questions and innovative data and conclusions. Bringing together pioneering scholars this groundbreaking compilation of research and analysis identifies the social roots of this insidious threat and prompts new reflections on how we can stop the seemingly endless cycle of horror and death.All-American Massacre helps clarify the unique nature and salience of mass shootings in American life. Contributors: Melanie Brazzell Tristan Bridges Ryan Broll F. Chris Curran Sarah E. Daly Salvatore DAngelo James Densley Tom Diaz Scott Duxbury Benjamin W. Fisher Betsy Friauf Emma E. Fridel Celene Fuller Daniel Gascn Patrick J. Gauding Brooke Miller Gialopsos Simon Gottschalk Donald P. Haider-Markel Stephanie Howells Cheryl Lero Jonson Mark R. Joslyn Jessie Klein Aaron Kupchik Alison J. Marganski Melissa M. Moon Kristen J. Neville Jaimee Nix Daniel Okamura Patrick F. Parnaby Jillian Peterson Michael Phillips Paul Reeping Jason R. Silva William A. Stadler Lindsay Steenberg Tara Leigh Tober Jillian J. Turanovic Abigail Vegter Stanislav Vysotsky Lacey N. Wallace and the editors