Up in Arms: Gun Imaginaries in Texas

• Other Authors: Heiskanen, Benita (Editor), Butters, Albion M. (Editor), Kolehmainen, Pekka M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2022
• Subjects: Cultural studies; History of the Americas; Society & culture: general; Violence in society; Regional government policies; Small firearms, guns & other equipment; activism; America; American; American West; behavior; belief system; belief systems; campus carry; class; community; conflict; contemporary; cultural; culture; culture war; culture wars; debate; education; Europe; fetishism; firearms; firearm; firepower; frontier mythology; gender; gun; guns; historical; history; identities; identity; imaginaries; imaginary; insecurity; legislation; Lone Star State; lore; memory; movement; movements; myth; North America; Paryz; Paryż; performative; political; politics; popular culture; power; race; relations; religion; restriction; rights; security; social power; Texas; USA; urban; youth
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Up in Arms provides an illustrative and timely window onto the ways in which guns shape people's lives and social relations in Texas. With a long history of myth, lore, and imaginaries attached to gun carrying, the Lone Star State exemplifies how various groups of people at different historical...