Gun Rights Activists and the Us Culture War - Embodied Fantasies of the Ethical Warrior in Contemporary Gun Culture

Gun Rights Activism and the US Culture War explores how firearms can become associated with processes of identity formation, as well as acting as symbols of national belonging and embodied safety. It will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, gender studies, ethnic studies, sociology, and politics.

List of contents

Prologue: First Encounters; Introduction: An Anthropological Approach to US Gun Culture; Chapter. 1: The Myth of the Ethical Warrior; Chapter. 2: Gun Rights, Vulnerability Politics, and Gun Violence; Chapter. 3: “Gun Rights Are Civil Rights”; Chapter. 4: Fear, Loathing, and Defensive Shooting in Las Vegas; Chapter. 5: Do Guns or People Kill People?; Conclusion

About the author

Joe Anderson received his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and is now a research fellow in the School of Health in Social Science at Edinburgh. His research has focused on the gun rights movement in the United States and the issue of suicide in Scotland.

Summary

Gun Rights Activism and the US Culture War explores how firearms can become associated with processes of identity formation, as well as acting as symbols of national belonging and embodied safety. It will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, gender studies, ethnic studies, sociology, and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Joe Anderson, Anderson Joe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032560021
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256002-1
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Anthropology of Now
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Ideologies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and ethical issues, Political ideologies and movements, guns;civil liberties;United States