Bibliograph

Stand your ground, a history of America's love affair with lethal self-defense, Caroline Light

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Stand your ground, a history of America's love affair with lethal self-defense, Caroline Light

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stand your ground

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

950004008

Responsibility statement

Caroline Light

Sub title

a history of America's love affair with lethal self-defense

Table Of Contents

Author's note : mom the sharp-shooter -- Introduction : when good citizenship is armed citizenship -- "That great law of nature" : the origins of a selective self-defense culture -- Defensive violence and the "true man" : the end of reconstruction -- "Mighty power in the hands of the citizen" : justice and true manhood in the western borderlands -- "Queer justice" and the sexual politics of lynching -- "An American tradition" : the paramilitary response to white supremacist terror and unequal protection -- "The stuff of pulp fiction" : unreasonable women, vigilante heroes, and the rise of the armed citizen -- Avoiding a "a fate worse than death" : how we learned to stand our ground -- Conclusion : legal blindspots and epistemic shifts : self-defense and exclusionary citizenship

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