1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000801100403321

Autore

Beguinot, Corrado <1924- >

Titolo

Il Vulture : ritratto di un ambiente / Corrado Beguinot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli, : Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, stampa 1960

Descrizione fisica

147 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Collana

Collana di storia dell'architettura, ambiente, urbanistica, arti figurative

Disciplina

074.004

Locazione

DINST

DECGE

ILFGE

FLFBC

FARBC

DARPU

FINBC

DARST

Collocazione

FUC 98

FUC 98 bis

074.004.BEG

E-01-184

074.004 BEG 1

074.004 BEG 1 BIS

SEZ.NA B 1072

FONDO ROSSI 1745

MTD 66

13 E 05 05

18.003

RGT 738

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781363003321

Autore

Taylor Jimmy D. <1973->

Titolo

American gun culture [[electronic resource] ] : collectors, shows, and the story of the gun / / Jimmy D. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-59332-541-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice

Disciplina

306.4/6

Soggetti

Firearms - Social aspects - United States

Firearms ownership - United States - History

Firearms - Collectors and collecting - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Charts and Tables; List of Images; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: What About Guns; 2. Gun Ownership as "Normal?"; The Cowboy Way; The Gender Performance; Managing and Negotiating Emotions; Warrior Narratives; Gun Laws "In the News"; 3. Making Science Out of Gun Ownership; Data Analysis; Credibility; Human Subjects Consideration; 4. Considering Popular Music; Guns and Music; Gun Lyric Sources; Guns: The Badass/Masculinity Factor; Gun as High Comedy?; Guns as a Ritual Site; Protecting the Masculine Center of Guns in Music; 5. A Day at The Gun Event

Schedule of Events AttendedWhat to Expect to Find at Your Local Gun Show?; Guns: A Masculine Symbol of Power; Media Images as an Institutional Influence; Protecting the Masculine Center of Guns; Deference and Demeanor-Based Gun Rituals; 6. Management of Suspect Identities; Stigmatization; Managing Stigma; Individual Stigma Management Strategies; Collective Stigma Management Strategies; In Group Strategies; Conclusions; 7. Discussion and Implications; Appendix A Semi-Structured Interview Schedule; Appendix B Subject Consent Form; Appendix C Glossary of Gun Terms; Appendix D Approach Script

Appendix E Me Out in the FieldList of References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Taylor focuses on the value that gun owners place on their guns and the possibility that different guns mean different things to their owners. His research explores the symbolic meaning of guns, and the ways in which the meaning assigned to guns influences gun ownership and use. Some of the more interesting findings center around conversations with gun collectors and enthusiasts about a series of interaction rituals; rituals pertaining to being a gun owner, a gun user, and possibly even the gun as an object of near-worship. Gun owners also recognize a unique stigma, and respond through a compl