Love to Hate: America''s Obsession with Hatred and Violence
ISBN: 9780231500814
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Violence -- United States; Hate -- United States; Prejudices -- United States; United States -- Social conditions;

"I will not tolerate hatred silently." "I will own up when I lapse into one of the flawed thought processes or language patterns that underlie hatred." "I will consume popular culture critically." These may be tall orders, but they're among the resolutions that Ripon College speech communication professor Jody Roy recommends in Love to Hate: America's Love Affair with Hatred and Violence. Roy looks at the glamorization of violence and hatred in American culture, showing that, whether cowboys or serial killers, violent criminals have long been "icons of cool." Roy also discusses how readers can disengage themselves from this national obsession, and suggests self-assessment questions and activities for both adults and children. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Jody M. Roy is associate professor of speech communication at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, and executive director of Students Talking About Respect, Inc., a nonprofit educational initiative dedicated to preventing hatred and violence among youth.

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