Gun Rights Activists and the Us Culture War: Embodied Fantasies of the Ethical Warrior in Contemporary Gun Culture - Paperback

by Joe Anderson (Author)

Gun Rights Activism and the US Culture War explores how firearms can become associated with processes of identity formation, as well as acting as symbols of national belonging and embodied safety. It will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, gender studies, ethnic studies, sociology, and politics.

Author Biography

Joe Anderson received his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and is now a research fellow in the School of Health in Social Science at Edinburgh. His research has focused on the gun rights movement in the United States and the issue of suicide in Scotland.