CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Assassination as Public Performance: The Murder of Theo van Gogh 1
5. 2. Mediating Social Drama 24
6. 3. Perpetrators and Victims 56
7. 4. The Clash of Civilizations: A Multicultural Drama 102
8. 5. A Dutch Dilemma: Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Multicultural Tolerance 141
9. 6. Cultural Trauma and Social Drama 161
10. Notes 175
11. Bibliography 203
12. Index 215