{"product_id":"9781879960848","title":"Teacher at Point Blank: Confronting Sexuality, Violence, and Secrets in a Suburban School","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeacher at Point Blank answers this question at a time when concerns about school performance, safety, and teacher attrition are at an all-time and often anxious high. Meditating on subtle and overt forms of violence in secondary public education from an up-close and \"pink collar\" point of view, Jo Scott-Coe examines her own workplace as a microcosm of the national compulsory K-12 system, where teachers-now nearly 80% women-find themselves idealized and disparaged, expected to embody the dedication of parents, the coldness of data managers, and the obedience of Stepford spouses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted and compelled forward by memories of a classmate who commits suicide on campus, a former teacher-colleague who dies all alone, Hollywood fantasies of the \"ideal teacher,\" and chronic reports of school violence and increasing gender crime, Scott-Coe reveals how her hopes, past and present, struggle for breath at the point blank of denial, confinement, addiction, isolation, hostility, subliminal eroticism-and, at times, a healthy dose of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aunt Lute Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48729370624240,"sku":"9781879960848","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781879960848_p0.jpg?v=1768853684","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781879960848","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}