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Wrangling women : humor and gender in the American west /
"In Winthrop, Washington, a small mountain community that has reinvented itself as a western theme town, a group of women who work as ranchers, trail guides, horse trainers, and packers have found themselves in a contradictory environment where they have to preserve gender stereotypes for the s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reno :
University of Nevada Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In Winthrop, Washington, a small mountain community that has reinvented itself as a western theme town, a group of women who work as ranchers, trail guides, horse trainers, and packers have found themselves in a contradictory environment where they have to preserve gender stereotypes for the sake of the tourist-based economy yet must assume the same authority and expertise as their male counterparts. How these "wrangling women" accomplish this challenging balancing act is a fascinating study of women's subversion and manipulation of humor, language, and gender stereotypes in the modern West."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0874176875 9780874176872 |