Nancy Floyd

She's Got a Gun

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Temple Univ Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 179mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9781592131556
• ISBN-10: 1592131557
• Artikelnr.: 22822622

Autorenporträt

Nancy Floyd is Associate Professor of Photography, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
    Acknowledgements
    Introduction
1.    Guns 101
Pleasure: Sports Shooting, Entertainment, Fiction
2.    Shooting Like a Woman
3.    Shooting Stars: Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley
4.    Look Out!  She's Got a Gun!
Power: Self-Defense
5.    All Things Being Equal
 
Professional: Police And Military
6.    Direct Fire
   
    Epilogue
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index