Women and guns in America

Laura Browder, author of a new book called "Her Best Shot: Women and Guns
in America," has just published a flash-based website with lots of
historical information and images. Required reading for anyone who believes
that the phenomenon of women gun-owners in this country is a new one. Snip
from the book intro:

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 well as their capacity for full
citizenship. In Her Best Shot, Laura Browder examines the relationship
between women and guns and the ways in which the figure of the armed woman
has served as a lightning rod for cultural issues from the American
Revolution to the present.

Link to website: http://www.womenandguns.vcu.edu/

and here's an Amazon link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Best-Shot-Women-America/dp/080783050X/sr=1-1/qid=11633\
06184/ref=sr_1_1/102-2514334-3633717?ie=UTF8&s=books

posted by Xeni Jardin at 02:21:05 PM