There is a gunman on campus : tragedy and terror at Virginia Tech / / Ben Agger and Timothy W. Luke

• Autore: Agger Ben
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.152/309755785
• Soggetto topico: Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007; School shootings - Virginia - Blacksburg; Campus violence - Virginia - Blacksburg
• Persona (resp. second.): LukeTimothy W.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title 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 ; Invasion 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 ; Social 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 ; CHAPTER 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 ; ReferencesCHAPTER 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 ; Terrorism in Second Life
• Sommario/riassunto: On 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: There is a gunman on campus
• ISBN: 1-4616-6666-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790894603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II