Gunslinging justice : the American culture of gun violence in Westerns and the law / Justin A. Joyce.
| Author/creator | Joyce, Justin A. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018. |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Manchester scholarship online Manchester scholarship online. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 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 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 -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract | Gunslinging justice examines gun violence in Western films and literature alongside changes in justifiable homicide and gun rights in the United States. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | In English. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 20, 2018). |
| Issued in other form | Print version : 9781526126160 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781526126177 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1526126176 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781526126184 |
| ISBN | 1526126184 |
| ISBN | 9781526138743 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1526138743 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.7765/9781526126177 |
| Stock number | 9781526126177 Ingram Content Group |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |