There is a Gunman on Campus
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There is a Gunman on Campus

Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech

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There is a Gunman on Campus

Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech

About this book

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 to the next thing before understanding why it commanded our attention and how our world was changed.

On April 16, 2007, such an event occurred on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. That day a 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.

The contributors to this insightful and compelling volume preserve and deepen our memory of April 16th. Many of the authors are distinguished men and women of letters, and some were on the Virginia Tech campus the day when the shots rang out. From the psychology of the shooter to the role of media in covering the event to parallels to other American tragedies such as Columbine, the chapters constitute an incisive portrait of early 21st century America.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. I PREFACE
  5. CHAPTER One - APRIL 16, 2007 AT VIRGINIA TECH—TO: MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: “A Gunman Is Loose on Campus...”
  6. CHAPTER Two - MEDIA SPECTACLE AND THE “MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH”
  7. CHAPTER Three - MEDIATED RITUAL ON ACADEMIC GROUND
  8. CHAPTER Four - PROFILING SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND SHOOTERS’ SCHOOLS: The Cultural Contexts of Aggrieved Entitlement and Restorative Masculinity
  9. CHAPTER Five - “VICTIMS SOUGHT IN NEXT WEEK’S SHOOTING”
  10. CHAPTER Six - “WE ARE ALL SEUNG-HUI CHO!”: American Social Psychosis and the Virginia Tech Killings
  11. CHAPTER Seven - SATIRE, GUNS, AND HUMANS: Lessons from the Nacirema
  12. CHAPTER Eight - S/HE’S LOST CONTROL?: Damaging a Body of Knowledge
  13. CHAPTER Nine - WHEN RHETORIC FAILS: The Heroic Teacher and the Basic Communications Course
  14. CHAPTER Ten - THERE IS AN UNKNOWN ON CAMPUS: From Normative to Performative Violence in Academia
  15. CHAPTER Eleven - THE APRIL 16 ARCHIVE: Collecting and Preserving Memories of the Virginia Tech Tragedy
  16. CHAPTER Twelve - COLONIZATION AND MASSACRES: Virginia Tech, Jamestown, Korea, and Iraq
  17. CHAPTER Thirteen - ALL THE RAGE: Digital Bodies and Deadly Play in the Age of the Suicide Bomber
  18. CHAPTER Fourteen - IS VIRGINIA TECH AN EXCEPTION?
  19. CHAPTER Fifteen - BAUDRILLARD (1929-2007) AND MAO: A History of Normal Violence
  20. CHAPTER Sixteen - CHO, NOT CHE?: Positioning Blacksburg in the Political
  21. I ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
  22. I INDEX