Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Cultural-Historical Foundations of Bullying
Culture
A Brief Synopsis of Cultural Change
Religion and Shame: The Historical Possibility of Redemption
The Socialization of Children and the Root of Contemporary
Shame
Constructing a Social Problem: Bullying and the Double-Edged Sword
of the Media
2 Social Forces and Bullying
Gossip
Laughter
Stereotypes and Categories
Competition
3 Shame and Identity
Shame: The Social Mechanics of a Social Emotion
Shame and Anger
The Psychodynamics of Anger and the Neurodynamics of Pain
Guilt
Re-visioning Shame: The Strengths and Weaknesses of a New
Paradigm
Summary
4 Grieving and Grief Work: Negotiating Social Pain and
Personal Loss
Traditional Conceptualizations of Grief
New Models of Grieving and Grief Work
Bullying: A Special Case of Loss and the Pitfall of Rumination
Rumination and Depression: Social-Psychological-Neurological
Interface
A Final Note
5 Narrative Writing and the Reconstruction of Self
Overview
Storying the Brain
Expressive Writing: Integrating the Neural, the Social, and the
Psychological
Storying Experiences: Writing Chaos and the Reclamation of Voice
Memory
Narrating an Audience and Defining a Victim: The Paradox of Social
Stories
A Final Note
6 Tying Up Loose Ends: Challenges to Bystanders,
Challenges of Cyberspace
Everyone Else: A Breakdown of Bystander Responsibility
Cyberspace: New Dynamics, New Challenges, New Potentials
Postscript: Practical Suggestions
Appendix A: The Uniqueness of Self and Personal Biography
Appendix B: The Re-visioning of Liberation and Womanist
Theologies
Appendix C: Scheff and Retzinger: The Redemptive Role of
Communication?
Appendix D: Lyn Lofland’s “Threads of Social Connectedness?
Appendix E: The Dynamics Underlying Expressive Writing: Why Does It
Work?
Appendix F: Traumarama!, Seventeen Magazine, and Prepackaged
Shame
Notes
References
Index
Offering a new understanding of bullying, linking it with insights into the construction of identity
Laura Martocci is a sociologist and the Founder and Director of the S.A.R.A. Project® (Students Against Relational Aggression). Most recently, she was a faculty member and an Associate Dean at Wagner College.
The approach (like the phenomenon itself) is complex and multifaceted and Martocci draws from social science and social theory, social psychology, and psychoanalysis. I am certain that it will have a wide appeal to both academics working in cultural studies, to educators, and to practitioners and clinicians working on this social problem. --E. Doyle McCarthy
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