Gender, Whiteness, and power in rodeo : breaking away from the ties of sexism and racism /

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The cowboy and cowgirl played in the imagination and made rodeo into a symbolic representation of the Western United States, but the rodeo has diverse history that largely remains unaccounted for. In Gender, Whiteness and Power in Rodeo Tracey Owens Patton and Sally M. Schedlock visually explore how...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Patton, Tracey Owens
Other Authors: Schedlock, Sally M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington, Books, ©2012.
Subjects:
Rodeos > Social aspects > West (U.S.)
Women rodeo performers > West (U.S.)
Cowgirls > West (U.S.) > Social conditions.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Sex discrimination in sports > United States.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sports > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Rodeos.
Discrimination in sports
Rodeos > Social aspects
Sex discrimination in sports
Social conditions
Women rodeo performers
West (U.S.) > Social conditions.
United States
West United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Straight Out of the Gate: Why Study Rodeo?; A Girl Howdy of a Beginning: An Introduction to Rodeo; CHAPTER ONE. Circle the Wagons and Let's Talk Rodeo: The Foundation of Rodeo and the Myth of the West; CHAPTER TWO. The Equality Cowgirl Can "Just LeDoux" It: The Golden Age of Cowgirls in the Arena; CHAPTER THREE. Neo-Victorian Cowgirl Can Git 'Er Done: The New Dichotomized Role for Cowgirls; CHAPTER FOUR. Pin-Up Cowgirl Has to Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out: A New Era of the Silver Screen with Cheesecake and Pin-up Cowgirls.
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Sex Kitten Cowgirl Knows Money Is in the Mane: Sex, Status, and SalaciousnessCHAPTER SIX. Back to Equality Says Let 'Er Buck: The Return to Equality in the Arena; CHAPTER SEVEN. Let's Go, Let's Show, Let's Rodeo: Ethnic Minority Involvement in Rodeo; CHAPTER EIGHT. Concluding Thoughts: "Cowgirl Up, We're More than Barbie and Big Hair!"; Rodeo Definitions; Index.

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