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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Filindra, Alexandra
Titre(s) : Race, rights, and rifles [Texte imprimé] : the origins of the NRA and contemporary gun culture / Alexandra Filindra
Publication : Chicago (Ill.) : The University of Chicago Press, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (ix-382 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Chicago studies in American politics
Lien à la collection : Chicago studies in American politics
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"One-third of American adults—approximately 86 million people—own firearms. This is
not just for protection or hunting. Although many associate gun-centric ideology with
individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, Race, Rights,
and Rifles shows that it rests on an equally old but different foundation. Instead,
Alexandra Frilindra shows that American gun culture can be traced back to the American
Revolution when republican notions of civic duty were fused with a belief in white
male supremacy and a commitment to maintaining racial and gender hierarchies. Drawing
on wide-ranging historical and contemporary evidence, Race, Rights, and Rifles traces
how this ideology emerged during the Revolution and became embedded in America's institutions,
from state militias to the National Rifle Association (NRA). Utilizing original survey
data, Filindra reveals how many White Americans —including those outside of the NRA's
direct orbit—embrace these beliefs, and as a result, they are more likely than other
Americans to value gun rights over voting rights, embrace antidemocratic norms, and
justify political violence"
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Origins of the National Rifle Association and contemporary
gun culture
Sujet(s) : Armes à feu -- Possession -- États-Unis -- 1800-....
Racisme -- États-Unis -- 1800-....
Citoyenneté -- États-Unis -- 1800-....
National Rifle Association of America -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey : 363.330 973 (23e éd.) = Contrôle des armes à feu - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-226-82876-3 (br.). - ISBN 022682876X (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb474497002
Notice n° :
FRBNF47449700
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Table des matières : Introduction ; Part 1: Historical foundations. Republican ideology in early America ; An exclusive vision of virtue and citizenship ; Militias and the institutionalization of ascriptive republicanism ; Cultural transmission ; Part 2: The origins and worldview of the NRA. The emergence of the NRA ; An organization of white men ; Political virtue ; Political corruption ; The NRA's theory of democracy ; Part 3: Ascriptive republicanism in contemporary white public opinion. Ascriptive republicanism and white gun attitudes today ; From "Stand your ground" to "Stand back and stand by" ; Conclusion: Stability in peril