Gunslinging Justice - The American Culture of Gun Violence in Westerns and the Law

Gunslinging justice examines gun violence in Western films and literature alongside changes in justifiable homicide and gun rights in the United States.

Sommario

Introduction: the warp, woof, and weave of American gun violence
1 'A kind of wild justice': revenge and constitutional commentary in the Western
2 No retreat: American self-defense doctrine
3 American gun rights: from national defense to self-defense
4 The guns that 'won the Western': firearm iconography in western literature and film
5 Guns and governmentality: normative masculinity and disciplined gun violence
6 Deserve's got [everything] to do with it: property, process, and justice in Unforgiven
7 Old dogs and new tricks: race and justifiable homicide in neoliberalism's Western imagination
Index

Info autore

Justin A. Joyce is Research Director at The New School, New York City

Riassunto

Gunslinging justice examines gun violence in Western films and literature alongside changes in justifiable homicide and gun rights in the United States. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Justin Joyce, Justin A. Joyce, Joyce Justin
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781526126160
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2616-0
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Racconti e romanzi storici; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; LAW / Criminal Law / General, FICTION / Westerns, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Westerns, Adventure fiction: Westerns, Film: styles & genres, Criminal justice law, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism, FICTION / Performing Arts / Film, Television & Radio