Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-221) 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 E. 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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