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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Summary

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 moments make sense of gun culture in light of legislation, political agendas, and community building. Beyond gun rights, restrictions, or the actual functions of firearms, the book demonstrates how the gun question itself becomes loaded with symbolic firepower, making or breaking assumptions about identities, behavior, and belief systems. Contributors include: Benita Heiskanen, Albion M. Butters, Pekka M. Kolehmainen, Laura Hernández-Ehrisman, Lotta Kähkönen, Mila Seppälä, and Juha A. Vuori.

ISBN

9789004514676
9789004514669

Access

Open Access