LEADER 05462nam 2200661 450 001 9910813980203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4616-6666-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001142862 035 $a(EBL)1387250 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000985147 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12407042 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000985147 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11017102 035 $a(PQKB)11069698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1387250 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11142937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL516718 035 $a(OCoLC)858282389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1387250 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001142862 100 $a20160202h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThere is a gunman on campus $etragedy and terror at Virginia Tech /$fBen Agger and Timothy W. Luke 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-299-85467-2 311 $a0-7425-6129-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I PREFACE; CHAPTER One - APRIL 16, 2007 AT VIRGINIA TECH-TO: MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: "A Gunman Is Loose on Campus..."; The April 16 Events; Violence, the Media, and America; Strategies of Response to April 16; Notes; References; CHAPTER Two - MEDIA SPECTACLE AND THE "MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH"; Reading the Spectacle with Critical Social Theory and Cultural Studies; The Shooting and the Politics of Race; Cho's Multimedia Dossier; Guns and Political Scapegoating; Notes; References; CHAPTER Three - MEDIATED RITUAL ON ACADEMIC GROUND 327 $aInvasion of Sacred SpaceCivil Religion through Mass Media; Institutional Conflict; Haunted Rituals; Notes; References; CHAPTER Four - PROFILING SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND SHOOTERS' SCHOOLS: The Cultural Contexts of Aggrieved Entitlement and Restorative Masculinity; Profiling Shooters; Profiling Schools; The Aggrieved Entitlement of Seung-Hui Cho; Notes; CHAPTER Five - "VICTIMS SOUGHT IN NEXT WEEK'S SHOOTING"; CHAPTER Six - "WE ARE ALL SEUNG-HUI CHO!": American Social Psychosis and the Virginia Tech Killings; The Mind of a Killer; The Killings in the Context of U.S. History and Culture 327 $aSocial Psychosis from Baghdad to BlacksburgA Hokies' Lament; Notes; References; CHAPTER Seven - SATIRE, GUNS, AND HUMANS: Lessons from the Nacirema; A Swift Prelude; Gulliver among the Nacirema: A Report from the Field; Demons, Ghosts, and Spectacles; A Pervasive Belief in the Supernatural; Miracles and Spectacles; Why? A Hypothesis; Returning from the Field: A Note on Species-Lag; Postscript; Notes; References; CHAPTER Eight - S/HE'S LOST CONTROL?: Damaging a Body of Knowledge; Love Will Tear Us Apart; Digital; Don't Walk Away in Silence; Notes; References 327 $aCHAPTER Nine - WHEN RHETORIC FAILS: The Heroic Teacher and the Basic Communications CourseThe Figure of the Teacher-Hero; History: An Angel Blown Backwards into the Future; The Basic Communications Course; "The Posteverything Generation"; Note; References; CHAPTER Ten - THERE IS AN UNKNOWN ON CAMPUS: From Normative to Performative Violence in Academia; Observation One: We are Hokies, We Will Prevail; Observation Two: Virginia Tech's Other Tragedy: Everyday Life Shoots Through; Observation Three: From Normative Violence to Performative Violence; Conclusion: Proceed as "Normal"(ized); Notes 327 $aReferencesCHAPTER Eleven - THE APRIL 16 ARCHIVE: Collecting and Preserving Memories of the Virginia Tech Tragedy; Technologies of Memory: From Physical to Digital; Memory Bank Infrastructures; Phenomenal Memories; Building the April 16 Archive; Memory Bank Limits and Challenges; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; CHAPTER Twelve - COLONIZATION AND MASSACRES: Virginia Tech, Jamestown, Korea, and Iraq; CHAPTER Thirteen - ALL THE RAGE: Digital Bodies and Deadly Play in the Age of the Suicide Bomber; Seeds of Terrorism; Computer Game Violence; Pay-Per-View-Slaughter 327 $aTerrorism in Second Life 330 $aOn April 16, 2007, a Virginia Tech student killed 32 of his classmates and professors and then turned the gun on himself. The media focused their power and our attention on the campus, the students and faculty of Virginia Tech, and the gunman and his victims. But we have yet to understand fully what happened in Blacksburg. There is a Gunman on Campus brings our thoughts back to the shocking campus shootings and the public reactions to the event, shining needed light on what occurred at the university, how American society reacted, and how it all fits into contemporary culture. 606 $aVirginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007 606 $aSchool shootings$zVirginia$zBlacksburg 606 $aCampus violence$zVirginia$zBlacksburg 615 0$aVirginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007. 615 0$aSchool shootings 615 0$aCampus violence 676 $a364.152/309755785 700 $aAgger$b Ben$0868300 702 $aLuke$b Timothy W. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813980203321 996 $aThere is a gunman on campus$94023567 997 $aUNINA