Gunlore

Robert Glenn Howard is professor of rhetoric, politics, and culture at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also director of DesignLab and Digital Studies. He is author of Digital Jesus: The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet. Eric A. Eliason is professor of English at Brigham Young University. He is author of The Island of Lace: Drawn Threadwork on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean; To See Them Run: Great Plains Coyote Coursing; and Black Velvet Art, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

Introduction. Gunlore and Gunfolks: Defining an Old and Powerful Genre Robert Glenn Howard and Eric A. Eliason Chapter 1. Young Guns: Folklore and the Fetishization of Guns among Juveniles at an All-Male Correctional Facility in Tucson, Arizona Raymond Summerville 2. Moms Who Carry: Femininity and Firearms in Vernacular Digital Photography Annamarie O'Brien Morel 3. Between the Forest and the Freezer: Visual Culture and Hunting Weapons in the Upper Midwest Tim Frandy 4. 4chan, Firearms, and Folklore Noah D. Eliason (with Eric A. Eliason) 5. Percussioned Flintlocks: A Nineteenth-Century Folk Art Nathan E. Bender 6. NERF PUNK: The Firearm Folklife of "Alternative History" Cosplay London Brickley 7. God's Warriors: Gunlore and Identity in the Vernacular Discourse of a Survivalist Community Megan L. Zahay 8. A Knack for Precision: The Art and Science of a Gun-Making Dynasty Sandra Bartlett Atwood 9. Dangerous Tools of Expression: The Benefits and Costs of Gunlore Robert Glenn Howard Chapter 10. Gun Play as Vernacular Religious Experience Jay Mechling 11. Symbols and Things: A Reflection on Gunlore Tok Thompson About the Contributors Index

Delving beyond troubling headlines and instead attempting to understand the underlying interests in guns among American communities, Gunlore offers a unique mosaic of insight into the gun cultures of America." - Mark Bender, Center for Folklore Studies at The Ohio State University