Icon, brand, myth the Calgary Stampede

An investigation of the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for ten days every July. Since 1923, archetypal “Cowboys and Indians” are seen again at the chuckwagon races, on the midway, and throughout Calgary. Each essay in this collecti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Foran, Maxwell (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton : AU Press c2008.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:West unbound.
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Sumario:An investigation of the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for ten days every July. Since 1923, archetypal “Cowboys and Indians” are seen again at the chuckwagon races, on the midway, and throughout Calgary. Each essay in this collection examines a facet of the experience—from the images on advertising posters to the ritual of the annual parade. This study of the Calgary Stampede as a social phenomenon reveals the history and sociology of the city of Calgary and the social construction of identity for western Canada as a whole.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
Also available in print form
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references: p. 335-347.
ISBN:9781771991476
9781282819511
9786612819513
9781897425121