Parkland
Autor Dave Cullenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 feb 2020
Găsim în această carte un raport jurnalistic de o profunzime rară, ce marchează o schimbare de paradigmă în cariera lui Dave Cullen. După ce a semnat Columbine, volumul de referință despre tragedia din 1999, Cullen revine asupra subiectului violenței armate din școlile americane dintr-o perspectivă opusă: nu mai analizează mintea atacatorului, ci forța regeneratoare a victimelor. Această ediție paperback publicată de Quercus Books documentează nașterea mișcării #neveragain, pornită de elevii de la liceul Marjory Stoneman Douglas din Parkland în 2018.
Structura narativă este echilibrată, alternând între tensiunea activismului politic și fragilitatea adolescenței. Descoperim aici portrete ale unor tineri care, între două sesiuni de lobby la nivel înalt împotriva NRA, se confruntă cu problemele firești ale vârstei: admiterea la facultate, repetițiile pentru spectacolul „Spring Awakening” sau pregătirile pentru balul de absolvire. Această dualitate oferă cărții o notă de umanitate care lipsește adesea din analizele pur sociologice. Cititorii familiarizați cu Glimmer of Hope vor aprecia modul în care Cullen folosește experiența sa de două decenii în domeniu pentru a contextualiza succesul acestui „marș pentru viețile noastre” față de eșecurile legislative anterioare. În timp ce School Shootings and the Never Again Movement de Laurie Collier Hillstrom oferă o privire de ansamblu academică, Parkland: Birth of a Movement rămâne o mărturie intimă, bazată pe accesul direct al autorului în nucleul mișcării. Este o lectură esențială pentru înțelegerea modului în care trauma colectivă poate fi transformată într-o forță politică capabilă să galvanizeze o întreagă națiune.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0062882961
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 132 x 201 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Harpercollins
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte oricui dorește să înțeleagă mecanismele activismului juvenil contemporan. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă documentată asupra modului în care o generație refuză să accepte status quo-ul, transformând doliul în acțiune civică. Este un studiu de caz esențial pentru studenții de la științe politice și istorie, oferind o analiză lucidă a modului în care rețelele sociale și vocea tinerilor pot influența legislația americană.
Despre autor
Dave Cullen este un jurnalist și scriitor american de renume, a cărui carieră a fost marcată profund de evenimentele de la liceul Columbine, unde a fost unul dintre primii reporteri ajunși la fața locului. Lucrarea sa anterioară, Columbine, a devenit un bestseller New York Times și este utilizată frecvent ca material de referință în studiul violenței școlare. Cullen colaborează constant cu publicații prestigioase precum New York Times, The Guardian și Vanity Fair, fiind considerat un expert în analiza fenomenului atacurilor armate și a impactului acestora asupra societății civile.
Descriere scurtă
"A moving petition to America that it not look away from the catastrophes at Columbine, Newtown, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and, yes, Parkland. It succeeds as an in-depth report about the “generational campaign” in the aftermath of the Parkland tragedy, a bi-partisan movement advocating serious gun reform.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers an intimate, deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors who became activists and pushed back against the NRA and feckless Congressional leaders—inspiring millions of Americans to join their grassroots #neveragain movement.
Nineteen years ago, Dave Cullen was among the first to arrive at Columbine High, even before most of the SWAT teams went in. While writing his acclaimed account of the tragedy, he suffered two bouts of secondary PTSD. He covered all the later tragedies from a distance, working with a cadre of experts cultivated from academia and the FBI, but swore he would never return to the scene of a ghastly crime.
But in March 2018, Cullen went to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School because something radically different was happening. In nearly twenty years witnessing the mass shootings epidemic escalate, he was stunned and awed by the courage, anger, and conviction of the high school’s students. Refusing to allow adults and the media to shape their story, these remarkable adolescents took control, using their grief as a catalyst for change, transforming tragedy into a movement of astonishing hope that has galvanized a nation.
Cullen unfolds the story of Parkland through the voices of key participants whose diverse personalities and outlooks comprise every facet of the movement. Instead of taking us into the mind of the killer, he takes us into the hearts of the Douglas students as they cope with the common concerns of high school students everywhere—awaiting college acceptance letters, studying for mid-term exams, competing against their athletic rivals, putting together the yearbook, staging the musical Spring Awakening, enjoying prom and graduation—while moving forward from a horrific event that has altered them forever.
Deeply researched and beautifully told, Parkland is an in-depth examination of this pivotal moment in American culture—and an up-close portrait that reveals what these extraordinary young people are like. As it celebrates the passion of these astonishing students who are making history, this spellbinding book is an inspiring call to action for lasting change.
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Emma González called BS. David Hogg called out Adult America. The uprising had begun. Cameron Kasky immediately recruited a colorful band of theater kids and rising activists, and brought them together in his living room to map out a movement. Four days after escaping Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, two dozen extraordinary kids announced the audacious March for Our Lives. A month later, it was the fourth-largest protest in American history.
Dave Cullen, who has been reporting on the epidemic of school shootings for two decades, takes us along on the students’ nine-month odyssey, from the shooting to the midterm elections and beyond. With unrivaled access to their friends and families, meetings and homes, he pulls back the curtain to reveal intimate portraits of the quirky, playful organizers who have taken the nation by storm.
Cullen brings us onto the bus for the Road to Change tour, showing us how these kids seized an opportunity. They hit the highway to organize the young activist groups mushrooming across America in their image. Rattled but undeterred, they pressed on in gun country even as adversaries armed with assault weapons tailed them across Texas and Utah trying to scare them off.
The Parkland students are genuinely candid about their experiences. We see them cope with shattered friendships and PTSD, along with the normal day-to-day struggles of school, including AP exams and college acceptances. Yet, with the idealism of youth they refuse victimhood, and continue to devise clever new tactics to stir their generation to action. Their goal is to build a powerhouse network to match that of the NRA.
Parkland is a staggering story of empowerment and hope, told through the wildly creative and wickedly funny voices of a group of remarkable kids. This spellbinding book is a testament to change and a perceptive examination of a pivotal moment in American culture. After two decades of adult hand-wringing, the MFOL kids are mapping a way out. They see a long road ahead, a generational struggle to save every kid of every color from the ravages of gun violence in America.
Recenzii
“[Parkland is] written with the clarity and depth and time… that the students who died and the students who live deserve, and that the nation grappling with it all needs. I was moved and informed and, most of all, heartbroken by it — even though it’s written with authentic hope.” — Chicago Tribune
“Part character study, part media analysis, part political critique, Parkland ends up being many things. Thanks to Dave Cullen’s gift for clear, involving storytelling, it ends up being, above all, a compelling “year-in-the-life” tale of a group of ordinary, yet also extraordinary, teens.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“In the hands of a less-skilled writer, a project like Parkland might risk becoming the type of uplifting but empty text that typically arrives with aspirations of cashing in on a cultural moment. Instead, Cullen utilizes the moment to amplify the Parkland students’ calls for actions while situating his views within a structure of quality reporting that emphasizes facts above emotions.” — San Francisco Weekly
“Parkland is a moving petition to America that it not look away from the catastrophes at Columbine, Newtown, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and, yes, Parkland. It succeeds as an in-depth report about the “generational campaign” in the aftermath of the Parkland tragedy, a bi-partisan movement advocating serious gun reform.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Parkland is one of the most uplifting books you will read all year. . . . [it] is a balm. . . . genius.” — Washington Post
“[Parkland] provides nuanced, sensitive portraits of the Parkland kids who have become media stars. . . . These are extraordinary young people, and Cullen does them and us a great service by showing their ordinary lives.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Parkland is the first book about the shooting that’s not marketed toward teens and young adults. It also may be the most optimistic of the bunch. . . . an inspiring read.” — The Atlantic
Parkland is an unexpectedly lively chronicle with a powerful message. — Newsday
“If any nonfiction writer is equipped to tell this story, it’s Dave Cullen.” — Book Forum
“In both Columbine and this up-to-the minute portrait of the Parkland tragedy, Cullen has produced masterpieces that are simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful about a saner future.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“[A] page-turner. . . . Both realistic and optimistic, this insightful and compassionate chronicle is a fitting testament to a new chapter in American responses to mass shootings.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Cullen brings his eloquence, expertise, combination of deep research and concision, and unbiased perspective to yet another mass school shooting, revealing its deepest layers and resonance. . . . [a] moving, defining, and important account of an essential and vital youth movement.” — Booklist (starred review)
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Descriere
The deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors of the Parkland shooting.
Emma Gonzalez called BS. David Hogg called out Adult America. Cameron Kasky recruited a colorful band of teenagers. Four days after escaping Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, they announced the audacious March for Our Lives. A month later, it was the fourth largest protest in American history.
Dave Cullen takes us on the students' odyssey. With unrivaled access to their friends and families, meetings, homes and tour bus through gun country, he reveals the quirky, playful organizers that have taken the United States by storm. We see the students cope with shattered friendships and PTSD, along with the normal struggles of exams and college acceptances. We see victims refusing victimhood.
This spell-binding book is a testament to change and an examination of a pivotal moment in American culture, a generational struggle to save every kids of every color from the ravages of gun violence. Parkland is a story of staggering empowerment and hope, told through the wildly creative and wickedly funny voices of a group of remarkable campaigners.