Wrangling women : humor and gender in the American west /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McAndrews, Kristin M., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Horsemen and horsewomen > Washington (State) > Winthrop.
Sexism > Washington (State) > Winthrop.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Washington (State) > Winthrop.
Division of labor > Washington (State) > Winthrop.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Division of labor.
Horsemen and horsewomen.
Sexism.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Washington (State) > Winthrop.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : cowgirls
  • subversive implications
  • 1. Tourism, gender, and images of the American West
  • 2. A woman's code of the west
  • 3. Tools of the trade : humor and horse sense
  • 4. "Nothing to lose" : a horsewoman and a tall tale
  • Epilogue : jumping fences.

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