Open fire : understanding global gun cultures /
Open fire : understanding global gun cultures /
edited by Charles Fruehling Springwood.
- English ed.
- x, 227 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The social life of guns : an introduction / Looking down the barrel of a gun : nation-states, small arms, and local victims -- Gunscapes : toward a global geography of the firearm / Gun politics : reflections on Brazil's failed gun ban referendum in the Rio de Janeiro context / Of guns, children, and the maelstrom : determining purposive action in Israeli-perpetrated firearm deaths of Palestinian children and minors / Silent but still deadly : guns and the peace process in Northern Ireland / Warriors and guns : the anthropology of cattle rustling in northeastern Africa / Locked and loaded : race, sex, and gender -- Arming desire : the sexual force of guns in the United States / Drawing a virtual gun / "Gun rights are civil rights" : racism and the right to keep and bear arms in the United States / "Man to man" : power and male relationships in the gunplay film / Playing, dancing, and thinking with guns -- Aiming for manhood : the transformation of guns into objects of American masculinity / "I shot the sheriff' : gun talk in Jamaican popular music / Playing at hate : war games, the Aryan world congress, and the American psyche / The celebration of violence : a live-fire demonstration carried out by Japan's contemporary military / Charles Fruehling Springwood -- Charles Fruehling Springwood -- Donna Goldstein -- Frank M. Afflitto -- Jeffrey A. Sluka -- Nene Mburu -- C. Richard King -- Katherine Gregory -- Christy Allen -- Robert Arjet -- Amy Ann Cox -- Carolyn Cooper -- Robert Rinehart -- Eyal Ben-Ari and Sabine Fruhstuck. 1. Pt. I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. Pt. III. 11. 12. 13. 14.
"Guns are everywhere: three quarters of a billion guns - from pistols to machine guns - exist in the world today. And guns are everything: a hard-won symbol of individual freedom, an index of crime and disorder, a whole industry legitimately contributing to an economy, a popular piece of sports equipment, and an object of desire, endlessly duplicated by toys, video games and films. Open Fire presents a broad analysis of the social, cultural and political significance of firearms and the worlds they create. Illustrated with a wide range of case material - from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa - Open Fire explores and questions this global icon of our times. Why do guns proliferate? What does it mean to shoot or to be shot? Who owns guns and who does not? How is a firearm, a manufactured thing, very different from any other object? Is there such a thing as a "gun psychology"? How are firearms regarded in places where they are largely non-existent? Is a gun a different thing when held by a white man?"--Publisher description.
9781845204167 (cloth) 1845204166 (cloth) 9781845204174 (pbk.) 1845204174 (pbk.)
2006034258
Firearms--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies
Firearms in popular culture--Cross-cultural studies
Firearms ownership
Violence.
Gun control
HV6016 / .O64 2007
303.6
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The social life of guns : an introduction / Looking down the barrel of a gun : nation-states, small arms, and local victims -- Gunscapes : toward a global geography of the firearm / Gun politics : reflections on Brazil's failed gun ban referendum in the Rio de Janeiro context / Of guns, children, and the maelstrom : determining purposive action in Israeli-perpetrated firearm deaths of Palestinian children and minors / Silent but still deadly : guns and the peace process in Northern Ireland / Warriors and guns : the anthropology of cattle rustling in northeastern Africa / Locked and loaded : race, sex, and gender -- Arming desire : the sexual force of guns in the United States / Drawing a virtual gun / "Gun rights are civil rights" : racism and the right to keep and bear arms in the United States / "Man to man" : power and male relationships in the gunplay film / Playing, dancing, and thinking with guns -- Aiming for manhood : the transformation of guns into objects of American masculinity / "I shot the sheriff' : gun talk in Jamaican popular music / Playing at hate : war games, the Aryan world congress, and the American psyche / The celebration of violence : a live-fire demonstration carried out by Japan's contemporary military / Charles Fruehling Springwood -- Charles Fruehling Springwood -- Donna Goldstein -- Frank M. Afflitto -- Jeffrey A. Sluka -- Nene Mburu -- C. Richard King -- Katherine Gregory -- Christy Allen -- Robert Arjet -- Amy Ann Cox -- Carolyn Cooper -- Robert Rinehart -- Eyal Ben-Ari and Sabine Fruhstuck. 1. Pt. I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. Pt. III. 11. 12. 13. 14.
"Guns are everywhere: three quarters of a billion guns - from pistols to machine guns - exist in the world today. And guns are everything: a hard-won symbol of individual freedom, an index of crime and disorder, a whole industry legitimately contributing to an economy, a popular piece of sports equipment, and an object of desire, endlessly duplicated by toys, video games and films. Open Fire presents a broad analysis of the social, cultural and political significance of firearms and the worlds they create. Illustrated with a wide range of case material - from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa - Open Fire explores and questions this global icon of our times. Why do guns proliferate? What does it mean to shoot or to be shot? Who owns guns and who does not? How is a firearm, a manufactured thing, very different from any other object? Is there such a thing as a "gun psychology"? How are firearms regarded in places where they are largely non-existent? Is a gun a different thing when held by a white man?"--Publisher description.
9781845204167 (cloth) 1845204166 (cloth) 9781845204174 (pbk.) 1845204174 (pbk.)
2006034258
Firearms--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies
Firearms in popular culture--Cross-cultural studies
Firearms ownership
Violence.
Gun control
HV6016 / .O64 2007
303.6