Using historical and contemporary accounts and visuals of America's gun women-in fiction and entertainment, sports shooting, armed self-defense, and the professional fields (police and military)-this highly illustrated volume looks at how armed women have positioned themselves within or against the mainstream culture of their time, while also revealing how mainstream America's perception of gun women have changed over time.
ISBN: | 9781592131556 |
Publication date: | 15th February 2008 |
Author: | Nancy Floyd |
Publisher: | Temple University Press,U.S. |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Genres: |
Photography and photographs Gender studies: women and girls |