Shared Experiences of Mass Shootings - A Comparative Perspective on the Aftermath

Shared Experiences of Mass Shootings develops an understanding of the collective experience, consequences and recovery processes after mass shootings.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

1. Mass Shootings: Global Reasons and Consequences


2. Stories of Grief, Strength, and Communities


3. Chaotic Death: Evil, Fear, and Exclusion


4. The Gendered Experience of Mass Shootings


5. Memorialization: Practices of Solidarity and Conflict

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Johanna Nurmi is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turku, Finland

Summary

Shared Experiences of Mass Shootings develops an understanding of the collective experience, consequences and recovery processes after mass shootings.

Product details

• Authors: Johanna Nurmi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138217393
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21739-3
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Violence in society, Sociology: death and dying, Violence and abuse in society, Sociology: Death & Dying