The assassination of Theo Van Gogh
Subtitle: from social drama to cultural trauma
By: Ron Eyerman.
Contributors: Eyerman, Ron.
Series: Politics, history, and culture
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780822343875; 9780822344063
Subjects: Gogh, Theo van, -- 1957-2004 -- Assassination; Murder -- Netherlands -- Case studies; Muslims -- Netherlands -- Case studies; Islamic fundamentalism -- Netherlands -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "In November 2004, the controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was killed on a busy street in Amsterdam. A twenty-six year old Dutch citizen of Moroccan descent shot van Gogh, slit his throat, and pinned a five-page indictment of Western society to his body. The murder set off a series of reactions, including arson against Muslim schools and mosques. In "The Assassination of Theo van Gogh", Ron Eyerman explores the multiple meanings of the murder and the different reactions it elicited: among the Amsterdam-based artistic and intellectual subculture, the wider Dutch public, the local and international Muslim communities, the radical Islamic movement, and the broader international community. After meticulously analyzing the actions and reputations of van Gogh and others in his milieu, the motives of the murderer, and the details of the assassination itself, Eyerman considers the various narrative frames the mass media used to characterize the killing."--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Assassination as public performance : the murder of Theo Van Gogh; title: Mediating social drama; title: Perpetrators and victims; title: The clash of civilizations : a multicultural drama; title: A dutch dilemma : free speech, religious freedom, and multicultural tolerance; title: Cultural trauma and social drama.