Gunslinging justice : the American culture of gun violence in Westerns and the law / Justin A. Joyce.

Author/creator Joyce, Justin A. author.
Format Electronic
PublicationManchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource.
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SeriesManchester 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageIn English.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 20, 2018).
Issued in other formPrint version : 9781526126160
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN9781526126177 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1526126176 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9781526126184
ISBN1526126184
ISBN9781526138743 (electronic book)
ISBN1526138743 (electronic book)
ISBN(paperback)
Standard identifier# 10.7765/9781526126177
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