Mountaineers Are Always Free : Heritage, Dissent, and a West Virginia Icon /

"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hathaway, Rosemary V. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: West Virginia University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
West Virginia University.
West Virginia University > History.
School mascots.
Écoles > Mascottes.
West Virginia.
West Virginia > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career-beginning officially in 1937-as the symbol of West Virginia University"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (275 pages).
ISBN:9781949199321

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