Soundtrack of the school shootings: Cultural script, music and male rage

Young

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-269

  Kiilakoski, Tomi ^a   Oksanen, Atte ^b  

^a Finnish Youth Research Network   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

media; music; School shootings; subcultures; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959879564     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/110330881101900301     Document Type: Article

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