Land, God, and Guns : Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Discover 'Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland' by Levi Gahman, a critical examination of American nationalism and masculinity. This 336-page hardcover book offers a compelling antidote to prevailing forms of American nationalism, masculinity, exceptionalism, and self-proclaimed prowess. Through in-depth ethnographic research across seven US states and the application of postcolonial, anti-racist, feminist, and poststructuralist theories, the book reveals how traditional rites of passage associated with manhood in the American Heartland are intertwined with colonial worldviews, capitalist logics, gender essentialisms, ethnocentric religious beliefs, jingoistic populism, racial animus, and embodied violence. 'Land, God, and Guns' unravels rural white settler masculinity and the US state, demonstrating the necessity of considering U.S. imperialism, land dispossession, nation-state building, enslavement, extractive accumulation, and the valorisation of masculinist assertions of dominance in any analysis of the cultural production and social practice of masculinity in the United States. Product Summary: Land, God, and Guns by Levi Gahman. Hardcover edition. 336 pages. English language version. Explores settler colonialism, masculinity, and American nationalism.