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Underscores the impossible mission that the U.S. public attempts to impose on students in schools: to contain the anger and rage that they feel toward society.

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A sophisticated interpretation of recent violent attacks by students in American schools. Webber presents these troubling episodes of students shooting other students, teachers, and administrators as examples of 'domestic blowback' in the post-Cold War era. Committed by adolescents, struggling to find intellectual freedom as learners and personal autonomy as adults, these incidents are tied in her analysis to the 'hidden curriculum' of control in contemporary schooling. Ironically, she finds that the strategies of surveillance and containment, which so many educational authorities have mobilized to prevent future violent outbreaks, only hobble the development of the critical skills needed by students to survive in today's global economy and multicultural society.--Luke, Timothy W.

A powerful and provocative analysis of the politics, culture, and gender of spectacular school violence. Webber's sophisticated study merits reading by both prospective and practicing teachers, as well as school administrators and school board members.

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Julie A. Webber is assistant professor of politics and government at Illinois State University.

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