Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede

Herausgeber: Foran, Max

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Produktbeschreibung

An investigation of the meanings and iconography of the Stampede, an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for 10 days every July.

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Produktdetails

• West Unbound: Social and Cultu
• Verlag: Pandamonium Publishing House
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 22 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9781897425053
• ISBN-10: 1897425058
• Artikelnr.: 25915028

Autorenporträt

Max Foran is a Professor in the Faculty ofCommunication and History at the University of Calgary. He has writtenextensively on various western Canadian urban, rural, and culturaltopics, most recently on ranching, urban growth, and sustainability.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1  The Stampede in Historical Context / Max Foran
2  Making Tradition: The Calgary Stampede, 1912-1939 /Donald G. Wetherell
3  The Indians and the Stampede / Hugh A. Dempsey
4  Calgary's Parading Culture Before 1912 / Lorry W.Felske
5   Midway to Respectability: Carnivals at the CalgaryStampede / Fiona
Angus
6  More Than Partners: The Calgary Stampede and the City ofCalgary / Max
Foran
7  Riding Broncs and Taming Contradictions: Reflections on theUses of the
Cowboy in the Calgary Stampede / Tamara Palmer Seiler
8  A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot's Guide to the CalgaryStampede Rodeo /
Glen Mikkelsen
9  The Half a Mile of Heaven's Gate / Aritha van Herk
10  "Cowtown It Ain't": The Stampede andCalgary's Public Monuments / Frits
Pannekoek
11  "A Wonderful Picture": Western Art and theCalgary Stampede / Brian
Rusted
12  The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: CalgaryExhibitions and
Stampede Posters, 1952-1972 / Robert M. Seilerand Tamara P. Seiler
13  Renewing the Calgary Stampede for the 21st Century: AConversation with
Vern Kimball, Stampede Chief Executive Officer
Bibliography
Contributors
Index