
Gun Show Nation
Gun Culture And American Democracy
By: Joan Burbick
Hardcover | 1 January 2006 | Edition Number 1
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"To understand gun talk, I had to understand what America means to millions of ordinary people and how these beliefs shaped their sense of who they are, were, and must remain in the future."from the introduction to Gun Show Nation
In this first-of-its-kind archaeology of America's gun culture, progressive cultural historian, critic, and gun owner Joan Burbick takes us on a journey from gun shows to NRA conventions, using firsthand observations and interviews with a wide range of gun owners and gun advocates as a jumping-off point for a fascinating exploration of the rise of the gunfrom Buffalo Bill and the mythology of the frontier to Ronald Reagan, the first sitting president to address the NRA.
Gun Show Nation examines the lethal politics of gun ownership, uncovering a powerful, conservative political ideology that places the individual citizen armed with a gun at the bulwark of our democracy.
Talking directly to gun lobby strategists, Burbick reveals the pro-gun movement's deliberate effort to co-opt the language of rights from the civil rights movement to appeal to a disaffected white electorate, crafting a powerful conservative response to liberal efforts to achieve social, economic, and racial justice in the 1960s.
An illuminating examination of how guns have changed and challenged our beliefs in democracy, Gun Show Nation shows us what America looks like from the floor of a gun show.
Industry Reviews
"Gun Show Nation provides an indispensable ethnographic guide to America's obsession with guns. Anyone interested in understanding the future of gun control and the remarkable resiliency of gun rights in American culture will need to grapple with Burbick's richly nuanced study of gun shows." -Saul Cornell, author of A Well-Regulated Militia
"A brilliant and insightful reading of America's gun culture. Rooted in the history of social violence, [it] illuminates the conflict between `gun rights' and civil rights in American democracy." -Richard Slotkin, author of Gunfighter Nation
ISBN: 9781595580870
ISBN-10: 1595580875
Published: 1st January 2006
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 250
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: New Press, The
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 14.4 x 3.18
Weight (kg): 0.43
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