There is a Gunman on Campus Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech

by Agger, Ben; Luke, Timothy W.; Aronowitz, Stanley; Ayers, William; Agger, Ben; Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne; Guertin, Carolyn; Hunnicutt, Gwen; Kellner, Douglas; Kimmel, Michael; King, Neal; Kroll-Smith, Steve; Lemert, Charles; Levy, Matthew A.; Luke, Timothy W.;

• ISBN13: 9780742561298
• ISBN10: 0742561291
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-27
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades from memory, and we move on before understanding why it commanded our attention and how our world was changed.

Author Biography

Ben Agger is professor of sociology and humanities at the University of Texas, Arlington Timothy W. Luke is professor of political science at Virginia Tech

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech-To: Multiple Recipients: "A Gunman Is Loose on Campus..."	p. 1
Media Spectacle and the "Massacre at Virginia Tech"	p. 29
Mediated Ritual on Academic Ground	p. 55
Profiling School Shooters and Shooters' Schools: The Cultural Contexts of Aggrieved Entitlement and Restorative Masculinity	p. 65
"Victims Sought in Next Week's Shooting"	p. 79
"We Are All Seung-Hui Cho!": American Social Psychosis and the Virginia Tech Killings	p. 93
Satire, Guns, and Humans: Lessons from the Nacirema	p. 105
S/he's Lost Control?: Damaging a Body of Knowledge	p. 119
When Rhetoric Fails: The Heroic Teacher and the Basic Communications Course	p. 141
There Is an Unknown on Campus: From Normative to Performative Violence in Academia	p. 159
The April 16 Archive: Collecting and Preserving Memories of the Virginia Tech Tragedy	p. 185
Colonization and Massacres: Virginia Tech, Jamestown, Korea, and Iraq	p. 207
All The Rage: Digital Bodies and Deadly Play in the Age of the Suicide Bomber	p. 213
Is Virginia Tech an Exception?	p. 229
Baudrillard (1929-2007) & Mao: A History of Normal Violence	p. 235
Cho, Not Che?: Positioning Blacksburg in the Political	p. 243
About the Contributors	p. 251
Index	p. 255
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