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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138887603321

Autore

Max Foran

Titolo

Icon, brand, myth : the Calgary Stampede / / edited by Max Foran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2008

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-77199-147-X

1-282-81951-8

9786612819513

1-897425-12-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies series, , 1915-819X

Disciplina

791.8409712338

Soggetti

Calgary (Alta.) History

Calgary (Alta.) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Stampede in Historical Context; Chapter 2 Making Tradition: The Calgary Stampede, 1912-1939; Chapter 3 The Indians and the Stampede; Chapter 4 Calgary's Parading Culture Before 1912; Chapter 5 Midway to Respectability: Carnivals at the Calgary Stampede; Chapter 6 More Than Partners: The Calgary Stampede and the City of Calgary; Chapter 7 Riding Broncs and Taming Contradictions: Reflections on the Uses of the Cowboy in the Calgary Stampede; Chapter 8 A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot's Guide to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo

Chapter 9 The Half a Mile of Heaven's GateChapter 10 "Cowtown It Ain't": The Stampede and Calgary's Public Monuments; Chapter 11 "A Wonderful Picture": Western Art and the Calgary Stampede; Chapter 12 The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Posters, 1952-1972; Chapter 13 Renewing the Stampede for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Vern Kimball, Calgary Stampede Chief Executive Officer; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y



Sommario/riassunto

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.