Bullied

Tales of Torment, Identity, and Youth

Keith Berry

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English

Left Coast Press Inc
22 April 2016

Child abuse; Age groups: children; Child welfare; Bullying & anti-bullying strategies

Series: Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives

In this examination of the ubiquitous practice of bullying among youth, compelling first person stories vividly convey the lived experience of peer torment and how it impacted the lives of five diverse young women. Author Keith Berry’s own autoethnographic narratives and analysis add important relational communication, methodological, and ethical dimensions to their accounts. The personal stories create an opening to understand how this form of physical and verbal violence shapes identities, relationships, communication, and the construction of meaning among a variety of youth. The layered narrative

describes the practices constituting bullying and how youth work to cope with peer torment and its aftermath, largely focusing on identity construction and well being;

addresses contemporary cyberbullying as well as other forms of relational aggression in many social contexts across race, gender, and sexual orientations;

is written in a compelling way to be accessible to students in communication, education, psychology, social welfare, and other fields.

By: Keith Berry
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 294g
ISBN: 9781629582511
ISBN 10: 1629582514
Series: Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 22 April 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter One: Bullying: A Narrative Opening to a Relational Problem Chapter Two: Cutting Through: The Journey and Horror of Finding Self-Love Reflexive Interlude One: The Little Professor Chapter Three: Pure Evil Entertainment Reflexive Interlude Two: Rope Burn Chapter Four: Flying Tomatoes: Cruella’s Clash with the Dalmatians Reflexive Interlude Three: Stretch Chapter Five: Highlight Girl: Finding Strength in her Weak Soul Reflexive Interlude Four: Of Frogs and Friends Chapter Six: A Narrative of Bullying and Rape Reflexive Interlude Five: Bennies on the Floor Chapter Seven: Opened—Bullying Communication and Identities, and the Power of Stories Appendix References

Keith Berry is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida and past Chair of the National Communication Association’s (NCA’s) Ethnography Division. He currently serves as Co-Chair of NCA’s Anti-Bullying Task Force.

Reviews for Bullied: Tales of Torment, Identity, and Youth

The moral center of Keith Berry's Bullied is located in his deep reflexive and empathetic capacities. This book is a must read for anyone who has ever been touch by bullying and for anyone who believes puzzling through a troubling social issue with intelligence, sensitivity, and compassion moves us closer to our better selves. - Ronald Pelias, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Speech Communication at Southern Illinois University With Bullied, Keith Berry continues to establish himself as an expert of youth, identity, and interpersonal communication; an advocate for personal narrative, reflexivity, and social justice; and a practitioner committed to making life better, especially for those living with tormented pasts. -Tony E. Adams, Associate Professor and Chair of Department of Communication, Media, and Theatre at Northeastern Illinois University This book moves beyond simple definitions and statistics, showing through rich narrative what youth bullying looks like and feels like in living color. The result is a poignant contribution that exposes the heartbreak that accompanies maltreatment, reveals the resiliency of the human spirit, and provides insight on autoethnographic methodological practice. -Sarah J. Tracy, Professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University