Gun Rights Activists and the US Culture War

ISBN-13: 9781032560021 / Twarda / 2024 / 184 str.

Joe Anderson

Opis

Gun Rights Activism and the US Culture War is a political anthropology exploring 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Joe Anderson received his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and is now a research fellow on an inter-disciplinary project at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a co-founder of The Men Who; a men’s peer support group in Edinburgh, where Joe facilitates weekly talking circles for men and hosts a podcast on the theme of wellbeing.