Women and Guns: Politics and the Culture of Firearms in AmericaRoutledge, 2015 M05 20 - 349 páginas This timely and provocative book looks at contemporary American women and their experiences with guns. Scrupulously balanced, this new paperback edition features a new appendix containing a wealth of primary source documents that help illuminate both the dangers and attractions of guns in our society. |
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... reports reveal politics in action at the most basic level. The women whom I interviewed commonly explained what they thought about guns in the United States by telling anecdotes. Frequently, they used popular political messages to shape ...
... reports reveal politics in action at the most basic level. The women whom I interviewed commonly explained what they thought about guns in the United States by telling anecdotes. Frequently, they used popular political messages to shape ...
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... reports and strident public debates. For this reason, I have chosen to focus on citizens whose engagement with guns is variously recreational, peripheral, or terribly accidental, and whose engagement with contemporary debates about guns ...
... reports and strident public debates. For this reason, I have chosen to focus on citizens whose engagement with guns is variously recreational, peripheral, or terribly accidental, and whose engagement with contemporary debates about guns ...
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... reports in 1994 often focused on the leverage of the male, pro-gun, pro-NRA vote in support of conservative ... reported with dismay that the balloting had stuffed the Congress with a majority of members (237 out of 435) who had earned ...
... reports in 1994 often focused on the leverage of the male, pro-gun, pro-NRA vote in support of conservative ... reported with dismay that the balloting had stuffed the Congress with a majority of members (237 out of 435) who had earned ...
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... reported that more women were purchasing firearms, and these reports roused political debate and activity. Pro-gun organizations applauded the reports and encouraged the “development” when they could. The NRA elected to foreground two ...
... reported that more women were purchasing firearms, and these reports roused political debate and activity. Pro-gun organizations applauded the reports and encouraged the “development” when they could. The NRA elected to foreground two ...
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... report concluded with a message and a few important loose ends. Two new characters stepped into the landscape: her ... reported on guns in real life as they know it. The Debate Continues . . . Paralyzed America's public gun debate did ...
... report concluded with a message and a few important loose ends. Two new characters stepped into the landscape: her ... reported on guns in real life as they know it. The Debate Continues . . . Paralyzed America's public gun debate did ...
Contenido
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Chapter 2 American Stories | 31 |
Chapter 3 Fields Near Home | 47 |
Combat by Story and Statistics | 79 |
Looking for the Bad Guys | 99 |
Chapter 6 Gun Games and Homegrown Rebellion | 131 |
Chapter 7 In the Cities on the Edge | 161 |
Chapter 8 Conclusion | 197 |
Authors Note to Appendix | 239 |
Primary Source Documents | 241 |
Index | 329 |
About the Author | 339 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Women and Guns: Politics and the Culture of Firearms in America Deborah Homsher Vista previa limitada - 2015 |
Women & Guns: Politics and the Culture of Firearms in America Deborah Homsher Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
Women & Guns: Politics and the Culture of Firearms in America Deborah Homsher Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
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