A wilder West : rodeo in Western Canada /

"A controversial sport, rodeo is often seen as emblematic of the West's reputation as a "white man's country." A Wilder West complicates this view, showing how rodeo has been an important contact zone - a chaotic and unpredictable place of encounter that challenged expected...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kelm, Mary-Ellen, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Cowboys > Canada > History.
Rodeos > Social aspects > British Columbia > History.
Rodeos > Social aspects > Alberta > History.
Rodeos > British Columbia > History.
Rodeos > Alberta > History.
Cowboys > Canada > Histoire.
Rodéos > Aspect social > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire.
Rodéos > Aspect social > Alberta > Histoire.
Rodéos > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire.
Rodéos > Alberta > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Rodeos.
Cowboys.
Rodeos.
Rodeos > Social aspects.
Canada.
Alberta.
British Columbia.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An old-timers' town: western communities, performance, and contact zones
  • Truly western in its character: identities, affinities, and intimacies at Western Canadian Rodeo
  • A sport, not a carnival act: transforming rodeo from performance to sport
  • Heavens no? Let's keep it rodeo? Pro rodeo and the making of the modern cowboy
  • Going pro: community rodeo in the era of professionalization
  • Where the cowboys are Indians: Indian and reserve rodeo in the Canadian west.

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