Gun crusaders : the NRA's culture war
"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 eve...
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| Format | eBook |
| Language | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2009.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781441631565 9780814759509 9780814795507 9780814764503 |
| Physical Description | 1 online zdroj (xii, 323 stran) : ilustrace |
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| Summary: | "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 control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, leader speeches, and unique in-depth interviews with NRA members, Gun Crusaders focuses on how the NRA constructs and perceives threats to gun rights as one more attack in a broad liberal cultural war. Scott Melzer shows that the NRA promotes a nostalgic vision of frontier masculinity, whereby gun rights defenders are seen as patriots and freedom fighters, defending not the freedom of religion, but the religion of individual rights and freedoms"-Resumé vydavatel |
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| Bibliography: | Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441631565 9780814759509 9780814795507 9780814764503 |
| Access: | Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty |
| Physical Description: | 1 online zdroj (xii, 323 stran) : ilustrace |