| Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede Contributor(s): Foran, Max (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1897425031 ISBN-13: 9781897425039 Publisher: Athabasca University Press OUR PRICE: $93.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Rodeos - History | Canada - General - Sports & Recreation | Equestrian |
| Dewey: 791.840 |
| LCCN: 2008426809 |
| Series: West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies |
| Physical Information: 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. 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 construc-tion of identity for western Canada as a whole. |