Gun Crusaders : : The NRA’s Culture War /

Gun Crusaders : : The NRA’s Culture War / / Scott Melzer.

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Nothing conjures up images of the American frontier and a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps view of freedom and independence quite like guns. Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Melzer, Scott,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I Defending Guns, Defending Masculinity
  • 1 Frontier Masculinity, America’s “Gun Culture,” and the NRA
  • 2 Why a Gun Movement?
  • PART II Talking Guns, Talking Culture War
  • 3 Framing Threats to Gun Rights
  • 4 Under Attack
  • 5 Fighting the Culture Wars
  • PART III Committing to the NRA, Committing to the Right
  • 6 The Politics of Commitment
  • 7 Right and Far-Right Moral Politics
  • 8 The Ties That Bind
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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