{"product_id":"gunlore-firearms-folkways-and-communities-hardback-9781496850928","title":"Gunlore; Firearms, Folkways, and Communities (Hardback) 9781496850928","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGunlore\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFirearms, Folkways, and Communities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Glenn Howard (Edited by), Eric A. Eliason (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496850928\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 103 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.453 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDelving beyond troubling headlines and instead attempting to understand the underlying interests in guns among American communities, \u003ci\u003eGunlore\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique mosaic of insight into the gun cultures of America.\" - Mark Bender, Center for Folklore Studies at The Ohio State University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributions by Sandra Bartlett Atwood, Nathan E. Bender, London Brickley, Eric A. Eliason, Noah D. Eliason, Tim Frandy, Robert Glenn Howard, Jay Mechling, Annamarie O'Brien Morel, Raymond Summerville, Tok Thompson, and Megan L. Zahay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuns are a ubiquitous part of life in the United States. Arguably more pervasive than physical guns is \"\"gunlore,\"\" which refers to the many folklore genres related to firearms. \u003ci\u003eGunlore: Firearms, Folkways, and Communities\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to engage with the many narratives, rituals, folk-speech, customs, art, and handicraft encompassed by gunlore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like most expressive cultures, gunlore emerges from specific communities. Groups with a shared interest around firearms may form for many reasons—self-protection, hunting, crime, work, political or social identity signaling, the desire to creatively modify guns, and even the resolve to oppose gun use and ownership. This collection explores a range of gunlore genres and the \"\"gunfolk\"\" groups that give rise to them. Contributors examine topics that include the fetishization of firearms, \"\"Moms Who Carry,\"\" online discussion boards, alternative history cosplay, survivalist communities, gunsmiths and gun craft, and more. Gun owners and gun enthusiasts, in all their varieties, are one of the largest avocational groups in America. The essays in \u003ci\u003eGunlore\u003c\/i\u003e seek to expand our understanding of these communities by looking at the various roles firearms play, have played, and can play in our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gunlore, for better or worse, is a powerful and pervasive method of self-expression. In examining the folklore around these controversial and politically charged tools, weapons, and symbols, we can begin to understand aspects of American culture that will remain prominent for the foreseeable future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction. Gunlore and Gunfolks: Defining an Old and Powerful Genre\u003cbr\u003eRobert Glenn Howard and Eric A. Eliason\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Young Guns: Folklore and the Fetishization of Guns among Juveniles at an All-Male Correctional Facility in Tucson, Arizona\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Summerville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Moms Who Carry: Femininity and Firearms in Vernacular Digital Photography\u003cbr\u003eAnnamarie O’\u003cbr\u003eBrien Morel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Between the Forest and the Freezer: Visual Culture and Hunting Weapons in the Upper Midwest\u003cbr\u003eTim Frandy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. 4chan, Firearms, and Folklore\u003cbr\u003eNoah D. Eliason (with Eric A. Eliason)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Percussioned Flintlocks: A Nineteenth-Century Folk Art            \u003cbr\u003eNathan E. Bender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. NERF PUNK: The Firearm Folklife of \"Alternative History\" Cosplay\u003cbr\u003eLondon Brickley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. God’\u003cbr\u003es Warriors: Gunlore and Identity in the Vernacular Discourse of a Survivalist Community\u003cbr\u003eMegan L. Zahay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. A Knack for Precision: The Art and Science of a Gun-Making Dynasty\u003cbr\u003eSandra Bartlett Atwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Dangerous Tools of Expression: The Benefits and Costs of Gunlore\u003cbr\u003eRobert Glenn Howard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Gun Play as Vernacular Religious Experience\u003cbr\u003eJay Mechling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. Symbols and Things: A Reflection on \u003ci\u003eGunlore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTok Thompson\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607715836184,"sku":"9781496850928","price":60.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gunlore-firearms-folkways-and-communities-hardback-9781496850928","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}