All-American massacre : the tragic role of American culture and society in mass shootings

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 D’Angelo, James Densley, Tom Diaz, Scott Duxbury, Benjamin W. Fisher, Betsy Friauf, Emma E. Fridel, Celene Fuller, Daniel Gascón, 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 Contents Acknowledgments Part I: Editors’ Introduction 1. Mass Shootings and American Culture and Society / Eric Madfis and Adam Lankford Part II: Mass Shootings and American Masculinities 2. Mass Shootings and American Masculinity / Tristan Bridges, Tara Leigh Tober, and Melanie Brazzell 3. The Patriarchal Patterns of Male Mass Killers in America: A Typology / Alison J. Marganski 4. Mass Shootings Involving Intimate Partners in the United States: Prevalence and Patterns / Jillian J. Turanovic and Kristen J. Neville 5. Involuntary Celibates, Masculinities, and Violence in American Culture / Sarah E. Daly 6. Structural Strain, Intersectionality, and Mass Murder: A Case Study of the Isla Vista Shooting / Daniel Gascón Part III: Mass Shootings and White Supremacy in America 7. White Supremacy, Frontier Myths, the “Great Replacement” Theory, and the Making of American Mass Killers / Betsy Friauf and Michael Phillips 8. The Accelerationists: White Supremacist Movement Culture and the Strategy of Mass Shootings in the United States / Stanislav Vysotsky 9. Violent Revenge, Derealization, and Deadly Violence: White Supremacist Websites and Mass Shootings / Simon Gottschalk, Daniel Okamura, Jaimee Nix, and Celene Fuller 10. Mass Violence, White Empathy: How Media Narratives Shape Public Sentiment on Mass Shootings / Scott Duxbury Part IV: Mass Shootings and American Mass Media and Social Media 11. “I’ll See You on National T.V.!”: America’s Fame-seeking Mass Shooters and Their Global Influence / Jason R. Silva 12. Is No Notoriety Enough?: Attaining Micro-Fame beyond the Mass Media / Stephanie Howells, Ryan Broll, and Patrick F. Parnaby 13. “And What Are All These People Watching?”: The American Celebrity Industry, Genre, and Film Adaptations of School Shootings / Lindsay Steenberg Part V: Mass Shootings and American Politics 14. The American Politics of Mass Shootings: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and the Unicorn / Tom Diaz 15. Heated Partisan Rhetoric: An Important Factor in Mass Shootings That Involve Political Figures in the United States / Mark R. Joslyn 16. Support for Gun Rights: Group Identities, Perceptions of Safety, and Attitudes about Responses to Mass Shootings in the United States / Donald P. Haider-Markel, Abigail Vegter, and Patrick J. Gauding Part VI: Mass Shootings and American Education 17. A Case of American Exceptionalism: The Influence of Super Controllers in Mass School Shootings / Brooke Miller Gialopsos, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Melissa M. Moon, and William A. Stadler 18. Perceptions of Blame for Gun Violence in U.S. Schools: Media Coverage of the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting / Aaron Kupchik, Benjamin W. Fisher, F. Chris Curran, and Salvatore D’Angelo 19. Preventing School Shootings and Healing America’s Bootstrap Trauma with Compassionate and Cooperative Schools / Jessie Klein Part VII: Mass Shootings, Firearms, and Mental Health In America 20. The Precarious Relationship between Firearm Access and Mass Shootings in the United States: Logically Obvious but Analytically Evasive / Paul Reeping 21. Do Gun Control Laws Prevent Mass Shootings in the United States?: A Review of the Evidence / Emma E. Fridel 22. Gun Purchasing Patterns in the United States: Trends Surrounding Mass Shootings / Lacey N. Wallace 23. Mass Shootings and Mental Health in the United States: Key Dynamics and Controversies / Jillian Peterson and James Densley Contributors Index "In this edited collection, topic experts report on the social and cultural roots of various motivations and correlates of American mass shootings. The examinations of each contributing social problem center the question of why mass shootings are such an American phenomenon"-- Provided by publisher