Refereed article in compilation book (A3)
The Explanatory, Social, and Performative Power of Gun Imaginaries
List of Authors: Heiskanen Benita, Kolehmainen Pekka M.
Editors: Benita Heiskanen, Albion M. Butters, Pekka M. Kolehmainen
Place: Leiden
Publication year: 2022
Book title *: Up in Arms: Gun Imaginaries in Texas
Title of series: European Perspectives on the United States
Volume number: 1
Start page: 239
End page: 245
ISBN: 978-90-04-51466-9
eISBN: 978-90-04-51467-6
ISSN: 2666-724X
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004514676_011
URL: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004514676_011
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/175942993
The concluding chapter wraps up the volume by pointing to the explanatory, social, and performative aspects of gun imaginaries, as understood through the various historical contexts and interpretive lenses that the contributors engage. The transdisciplinary American Studies explications of gun debates demonstrate the great significance invested in weapons culture in the United States, be it on societal, cultural, or academic levels. Guns as imaginaries galvanize individuals who are up in arms, while their actions and reactions reverberate into further imaginaries; thus, individuals and communities simultaneously shape and are shaped by the broader power relations that they are necessarily a part of. Ultimately, the exploration of Texas as a gun imaginary and guns as a Texan imagery provides a toolbox and a roadmap for future discussions of the significance of firearms in other geographic contexts beyond the United States.
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