Author

Contributions

  • Eyerman, Ron. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Duke University Press, Durham, N.C, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

54,750 words, Guess

Page Count

219 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveassassinationoft01unse_2
  • ISBN-139780822343875
  • ISBN-139780822344063
  • ISBN-100822343878
  • ISBN-100822344068
and 7 more
  • Goodreads7158199', '3906768
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008013489
  • OCLC Control Number221960258
  • Better World Books9780822344063
  • Better World Books9780822343875
  • Better World BooksP8-AXM-896
  • Open LibraryOL16773890M

Classifications

  • DDC364.152/4092
  • LCCHV6541.N4 A77 2008
  • LCCHV6541.N4A77 2008
and 1 more
  • LCCHV6541.N4 E94 2008

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.

Subjects

Topics

MurderMuslimsExtremismeCase studiesAssassinationMurder, europeMuslims, europe

Places

Genres

  • Case studies

Series Statement

  • Politics, history, and culture

Other Editions

  • The assassination of Theo Van Gogh: from social drama to cultural traumaDuke University Press2008-01-01

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