{"product_id":"the-fictional-dimension-of-the-silke-braselmann-9783110647358","title":"The Fictional Dimension of the School Shooting Discourse: Approaching the Inexplicable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEver since the 1990s, school shootings have shocked the public in their brutality, their suddenness, and their inexplicability. While film and literature have played a role in the heated debates about so-called copycat crimes, the growing body of fictionalizations of school shootings has been neglected thus far. However, in a discourse in which the boundaries between fiction and reality are increasingly blurred, this book shows how fiction shapes and structures, challenges and disrupts cultural processes of meaning-making. Hence, for a better understanding of the school shooting phenomenon, the relevance of fiction on all levels of discourse construction requires thorough analysis. This book therefore develops a new approach to the role of fiction for contemporary forms of excessive violence. By combining narrative theory with insights from sociology and other disciplines, it provides the means for apprehending and describing the relevance of fiction for contemporary discourses. Furthermore, it provides exemplary analyses of more specific functions of literary and filmic fictionalizations of school shootings between 2000 and 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Silke Braselmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110647354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110647358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Silke Braselmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136979087615,"sku":"9783110647358","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07796c07-3513-4b54-8efc-00440e5f380d.jpg?v=1770165734","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fictional-dimension-of-the-silke-braselmann-9783110647358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}