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Icon, brand, myth : the Calgary Stampede /

"This hook investigates the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for 10 days every July. Since 1923, archetypal "Cowboys and Indians" are seen again at the chuckwagon races, on the midway, and throughout Calgary. Each essa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foran, Maxwell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton : AU Press, ©2008.
©2008
Colección:West unbound, social and cultural studies (Online)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Stampede in Historical Context / Max Foran
  • Making Tradition: The Calgary Stampede, 1912-1939 / Donald G. Wetherell
  • The Indians and the Stampede / Hugh A. Dempsey
  • Calgary's Parading Culture Before 1912 / Lorry W. Felske
  • Midway to Respectability: Carnivals at the Calgary Stampede / Fiona Angus
  • More Than Partners: The Calgary Stampede and the City of Calgary / Max Foran
  • Riding Broncs and Taming Contradictions: Reflections on the Uses of the Cowboy in the Calgary Stampede / Tamara Palmer Seiler
  • A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot's Guide to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo / Glen Mikkelsen
  • The Half a Mile of Heaven's Gate / Aritha van Herk
  • "Cowtown It Ain't": The Stampede and Calgary's Public Monuments / Frits Pannekoek
  • "A Wonderful Picture": Western Art and the Calgary Stampede / Brian Rusted
  • The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: Calgary Exhibitions and Stampede Posters, 1952-1972 / Robert M. Seiler and Tamara P. Seiler
  • Renewing the Calgary Stampede for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Vern Kimball, Stampede Chief Executive Officer.