Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in AmericaUNC Press Books, 2006 - 287 páginas The gun-toting woman holds enormous symbolic significance in American culture. For over two centuries, women who pick up guns have interrupted the popular association of guns and masculinity, spurring debates about women's capabilities for violence as wel |
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... citizenship—and women's capabilities for violence. Throughout much of American history, the gun has served as a recurrent symbol that links violence and masculinity. For over two centuries, there have been women who have escaped ...
... citizenship—and women's capabilities for violence. Throughout much of American history, the gun has served as a recurrent symbol that links violence and masculinity. For over two centuries, there have been women who have escaped ...
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... and incapable of producing many children. In short, using a gun in the ways suggested by the ads was a part of good citizenship. By contrast, weapons ads since the s have encouraged women.
... and incapable of producing many children. In short, using a gun in the ways suggested by the ads was a part of good citizenship. By contrast, weapons ads since the s have encouraged women.
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... citizenship but also for the linkage between violence and masculinity. Iconic women with guns challenge and yet reinforce the connection between firearms and (masculine) American identity. Consequently, public discussions of such women ...
... citizenship but also for the linkage between violence and masculinity. Iconic women with guns challenge and yet reinforce the connection between firearms and (masculine) American identity. Consequently, public discussions of such women ...
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... citizenship and the right and obligation to fight in wars, the female soldier has been a particularly contested figure in United States history. Both feminists and antifeminists in the years leading up to the Civil War saw military ...
... citizenship and the right and obligation to fight in wars, the female soldier has been a particularly contested figure in United States history. Both feminists and antifeminists in the years leading up to the Civil War saw military ...
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... citizenship. In researching this book, I read early nineteenth-century autobiographical pamphlets, the proceedings of nineteenth-century women's rights conventions, best-selling novels of the Civil War era, gun advertisements from the ...
... citizenship. In researching this book, I read early nineteenth-century autobiographical pamphlets, the proceedings of nineteenth-century women's rights conventions, best-selling novels of the Civil War era, gun advertisements from the ...
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