Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun CulturesOxford University Press, 2004 M06 10 - 240 páginas Frequenting gun shops and shooting ranges, and devoting particular attention to those whose interest in weaponry extends beyond the casual, Abigail A. Kohn captures in finegrained and often entertaining, yet always humane, detail how gun owners actually think and feel about their guns. Through her conversations--with cowboy action shooters at a regional match, sport shooters, hunters, with shooters of all ages and races--we hear of the "savage beauty" of a beautifully crafted long gun, of the powerful historical import owners attach to their guns, of the sense of empowerment that comes with shooting skill, and the visceral thrill of discharging a dangerous weapon. Cutting through the cliches that link gun ownership with violent, criminal subcultures and portray shooters as "gun nuts" or potential terrorists, Kohn provides us with a lively and untainted portrait of American gun enthusiasts. |
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... gun culture is responsible for the “tyranny of danger” and “omnipresent threat of death” in contemporary American ... gun control laws that would supposedly prevent young black children from being murdered with guns. According to some of ...
... gun culture is responsible for the “tyranny of danger” and “omnipresent threat of death” in contemporary American ... gun control laws that would supposedly prevent young black children from being murdered with guns. According to some of ...
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Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures Abigail A. Kohn. Prize–winning historian insists that the Second ... culture are straightforward examples of hegemonic masculinity and patriarchy. Another legal scholar writes in the Boston ...
Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures Abigail A. Kohn. Prize–winning historian insists that the Second ... culture are straightforward examples of hegemonic masculinity and patriarchy. Another legal scholar writes in the Boston ...
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Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures Abigail A. Kohn. Introduction: Gunsin. America. In the fall of 1997, as a graduate student at the University of California, I set out to conduct an anthropological study of gun enthusiasm. To ...
Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures Abigail A. Kohn. Introduction: Gunsin. America. In the fall of 1997, as a graduate student at the University of California, I set out to conduct an anthropological study of gun enthusiasm. To ...
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... gun culture. The term “gun culture” is often used but rarely defined. I define a gun culture as one that places enormous social, historical, and political emphasis on guns (both positive and negative and every shade of gray in between). A ...
... gun culture. The term “gun culture” is often used but rarely defined. I define a gun culture as one that places enormous social, historical, and political emphasis on guns (both positive and negative and every shade of gray in between). A ...
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Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures Abigail A. Kohn. Bay Area as sociopolitical differences. Guns and gun owners are viewed with wariness and even downright disgust by many Northern Californians, and local gun aficionados are ...
Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures Abigail A. Kohn. Bay Area as sociopolitical differences. Guns and gun owners are viewed with wariness and even downright disgust by many Northern Californians, and local gun aficionados are ...
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