“This Machine Kills”
Guitars and Guns in America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23026142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josh Sopiarz (Governors State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-179 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rock Music Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1940-1159 • E-ISSN: 1940-1167 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19401159.2018.1485219 |
| OpenAlex | W2884739752 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Guitars and guns have been sharing imagery since 1916. This essay traces the associations between the two as they persisted through much of the twentieth century before becoming more explicit during the 1980s and 1990s. It then examines the use of guitar music as a weapon in the “global war on terror” while continuing to track the more express similarities between guitars and guns since September 11, 2001. Ultimately, the paper reads examples of specific guitars to argue that these associations have become more obvious and troubling as American society has become more militarized in the twenty-first century.
Acoustics · Art · Guitar · Physics · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Music History and Culture · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Highly cited | No |
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