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Subject(s)

• Firearms—Social aspects—United States [Browse]
• Firearms ownership—United States—History [Browse]
• Firearms—United States—Collectors and collecting [Browse]

Series

• Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) [More in this series]
• Criminal justice

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction: What About Guns
• 2. Gun Ownership as "Normal?"
• The Cowboy Way
• The Gender Performance
• Managing and Negotiating Emotions
• Warrior Narratives
• Gun Laws "In the News"
• 3. Making Science Out of Gun Ownership
• Data Analysis
• Credibility
• Human Subjects Consideration
• 4. Considering Popular Music
• Guns and Music
• Gun Lyric Sources
• Guns: The Badass/Masculinity Factor
• Gun as High Comedy?
• Guns as a Ritual Site
• Protecting the Masculine Center of Guns in Music
• 5. A Day at The Gun Event
• Schedule of Events Attended
• What to Expect to Find at Your Local Gun Show?
• Guns: A Masculine Symbol of Power
• Media Images as an Institutional Influence
• Protecting the Masculine Center of Guns
• Deference and Demeanor-Based Gun Rituals
• 6. Management of Suspect Identities
• Stigmatization
• Managing Stigma
• Individual Stigma Management Strategies
• Collective Stigma Management Strategies
• In Group Strategies
• 7. Discussion and Implications
• Appendix A. Semi-Structured Interview Schedule
• Appendix B. Subject Consent Form
• Appendix C. Glossary of Gun Terms
• Appendix D. Approach Script
• Appendix E. Me Out in the Field.

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ISBN

• 9781593323806 (alk. paper)
• 1593323808 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2009015997

OCLC

316037804

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