Outriders : Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West /

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"This book examines how (and why) rodeo has provided diverse communities ways in which they can prove themselves as real Americans, real men, and real heroes, often through the enactment of ever-shifting concepts like authenticity, tradition, and heritage. The author analyzes how the space of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scofield, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Rodeos > Social aspects.
Rodeo performers.
Minorities.
Cowgirls.
Cowboys.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Minorities > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Cowgirls > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Cowboys > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Rodeo performers > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Rodeos > Social aspects > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
West United States.
West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rodeo and the outriders of history
  • Coiffeuse to cowgirl : pioneering and performance of Western womanhood
  • Restorative brutality : violence and social salvation at the Texas Prison Rodeo
  • History unedited : black rodeo, progress, and the performance of heritage
  • Camp and the cowboy : the serious fun of gay rodeo
  • Conclusion: Performance and embodied epistemologies.

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