1st Edition

Women and Guns Politics and the Culture of Firearms in America

By Deborah Homsher Copyright 2001
    349 Pages
    by Routledge

    349 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Chapter 1 Meeting; Chapter 2 American Stories; Chapter 3 Fields Near Home; Chapter 4 Self-Defense, Part I: Combat by Story and Statistics; Chapter 5 Self-Defense, Part II: Looking for the Bad Guys; Chapter 6 Gun Games and Homegrown Rebellion; Chapter 7 In the Cities, on the Edge; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

    Biography

    Deborah Homsher