1. The cultural-historical foundations of bullying culture
Brief synopsis of cultural change
Religion and shame : the historical possibility of redemption
The socialization of children and the root of contemporary shame
Constructing a social problem : bullying and the double-edged sword of the media
2. Social forces and bullying
Stereotypes and categories
Shame : the social mechanics of a social emotion
The psychodynamics of anger and the neurodynamics of pain
Re-visioning shame : the strengths and weaknesses of a new paradigm
4. Grieving and grief work : negotiating social pain and personal loss
Traditional conceptualizations of grief
New models of grieving and grief work
Bullying : a special case of loss and the pitfall of rumination
Rumination and depression : social-psychological-neurological interface
5. Narrative writing and the reconstruction of self
Expressive writing : integrating the neural, the social, and the psychological
Storying experiences : writing chaos and the reclamation of voice memory
Narrating an audience and defining a victim : the paradox of social stories
6. Tying up loose ends : challenges to bystanders, challenges of cyberspace
Everyone else : a breakdown of bystander responsibility
Cyberspace : new dynamics, new challenges, new potentials
Appendix A. The uniqueness of self and personal biography
Appendix B. The re-visioning of liberation and womanist theologies
Appendix C. Scheff and Retzinger : the redemptive role of communication
Appendix D. Lyn Lofland's : "threads of social connectedness"
Appendix E. The dynamics underlying expressive writing : why does it work?
Appendix F. Traumarama!, Seventeen Magazine, and prepackaged shame.
