Calamity : the many lives of Calamity Jane /

A fascinating new account of the life and legend of the Wild West's most notorious woman: Calamity Jane.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Karen R., 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Colección:Degruyterct.
Temas:
Calamity Jane, > 1856-1903.
Women pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Pioneers.
Women pioneers.
West United States.
Biography
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PLATES
  • Introduction. The Story of Calamity Jane: Tall Tales, Gender Possibility, and Frontier Celebrity
  • Chapter One. "A Fearless Rider for a Girl of My Age": Martha Canary Goes West (c.1852-70)
  • Chapter Two. "I Name You Calamity Jane": Crook, Custer, and Cross-Dressing in the US Cavalry (c.1870-7
  • Chapter Three. "Calamity Jane Has Arrived!": From Deadwood to Dime Novel (1876-95)
  • Chapter Four. "Heroine of a Thousand Thrilling Adventures": Calamity Jane and the Culture of Frontier Celebrity (1895-1903)
  • Chapter Five. "Bury Me Next to Wild Bill": Committing 138 Calamity to Popular Memory (1903-35)
  • Chapter Six. "How the West Was Sung": Femininity and Fakery on the Hollywood Frontier (1935-60)
  • Chapter Seven. "A Feminist in Buckskin": Performance, Profanity, and Sexual Politics on the New Western Frontier (1960-2000)
  • Conclusion. From Doris to Deadwood and Back: The Continuing Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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