Armed citizens and the stories they tell: The National Rifle Association's achievement of terror and masculinity

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-475

  O'Neill, Kevin Lewis ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American masculinities; David and Goliath; Discourse; Narrative; National Rifle Association; Rhetoric; Social movements; Terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249729956     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X05281390     Document Type: Article

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