RT Book
T1 On target: gun culture, storytelling, and the NRA
A1 Schwartz, Noah S.
LA English
PP Toronto Buffalo London
PB University of Toronto Press
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800509111
AB The Great Gun Debate -- Narrative and Memory -- On Paper and Online: The American Rifleman and NRATV -- Building Culture at the NRA Annual Meeting -- Storytelling and Lifeworlds -- Home on the Range -- The NRA Firearms History Museum -- Ideas, Policy, and the Great Gun Debate.
AB "The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an important actor in the American gun debate. While popular explanations for the group’s influence often focus on the NRA’s lobbying and campaign donations, it receives lesser attention for the mass mobilization efforts that make these political endeavours possible. On Target explores why the NRA is so influential and how we can understand the group’s impact on firearms policy in the United States. The book looks at how the NRA both draws upon and shapes historical meta-narratives regarding the role of firearms in America’s national identity and how this is part of a larger effort to expand the community of gun owners. Noah S. Schwartz demonstrates how the NRA portrays a vision of the past through events like its annual meeting; communications like American Rifleman magazine and NRA TV; and points of contact including the National Firearms Museum. Based on fieldwork in Indiana and Virginia, including participant observation at NRA events and firearm safety classes, thematic analysis of audio-visual material, and interviews with NRA executives and members, On Target sheds light on the ways in which the NRA tells stories to build and mobilize a politically motivated network of gun owners."--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN 363.330973
SN 9781487546618
SN 9781487548445
K1 National Rifle Association of America
K1 National Rifle Association of America : Influence
K1 Waffe
K1 Waffenrecht
K1 Waffenhandel
K1 Interessenvertretung
K1 Interessenpolitik
K1 Narrative Methode
K1 Usa
K1 Storytelling : Social aspects : United States
K1 Firearms owners : Political activity : United States
K1 gun control : United States
K1 USA : National Rifle Association of America : Pressure-group : Interessenvertretung : Lobbyismus : Waffenbesitz : Waffenrecht : Narrativ : Sozialwissenschaften