Gunslinging justice : the American culture of gun violence in Westerns and the law / Justin A. Joyce.
2018
KF3941 .J69 2018 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Gunslinging justice : the American culture of gun violence in Westerns and the law / Justin A. Joyce.
Imprint
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Description
xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : the warp, woof, and weave of American gun violence
'A kind of wild justice' : revenge and constitutional commentary in the Western
No retreat : American self-defense doctrine
American gun rights : from national defense to self-defense
The guns that 'won the Western' : firearm iconography in Western iconography in Western literature and film
Guns and governmentality : normative masculinity and disciplined gun violence
'Deserve's got [everything] to do with it' : property, process, and justice in Unforgiven
Old dogs and new tricks : race and justifiable homicide in neoliberalism's Western imagination.
'A kind of wild justice' : revenge and constitutional commentary in the Western
No retreat : American self-defense doctrine
American gun rights : from national defense to self-defense
The guns that 'won the Western' : firearm iconography in Western iconography in Western literature and film
Guns and governmentality : normative masculinity and disciplined gun violence
'Deserve's got [everything] to do with it' : property, process, and justice in Unforgiven
Old dogs and new tricks : race and justifiable homicide in neoliberalism's Western imagination.
Summary
Gunslinging justice examines gun violence in Western films and literature alongside changes in justifiable homicide and gun rights in the United States.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.
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Call Number
KF3941 .J69 2018
Language
English
ISBN
1526126168 hardcover
9781526126160 hardcover
9781526126184 ePub ebook
9781526126177 PDF ebook
9781526126160 hardcover
9781526126184 ePub ebook
9781526126177 PDF ebook
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