Up in Arms: Gun Imaginaries in Texas

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2022
• Subjects: activism; America; American; American West; behavior; belief system; belief systems; Book Industry Communication; campus carry; class; community; conflict; contemporary; cultural; Cultural studies; culture; culture war; culture wars; debate; education; Europe; fetishism; Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting; firearm; firearms; firepower; frontier mythology; gender; gun; guns; historical; History; History of the Americas; Humanities; identities; identity; imaginaries; imaginary; insecurity; legislation; Lifestyle, sport & leisure; Lone Star State; lore; memory; movement; movements; myth; North America; Paryz; Paryż; performative; political; politics; Politics & government; popular culture; power; race; Regional & national history; Regional government; Regional government policies; relations; religion; restriction; rights; security; Small firearms, guns & other equipment; Social issues & processes; social power; Society & culture: general; Society & social sciences; Sports & outdoor recreation; Texas; urban; USA; Violence in society; youth
• ISBN: 9789004514669; 900451466X; 9004514678; 9789004514676
• DOI: 10.1163/9789004514676

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.