Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede

ISBN 10: 1897425058 / ISBN 13: 9781897425053

Verlag: Athabasca University Press, 2008

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Inhaltsangabe:

This book investigates the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for ten days every July. Since 1912, 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 a component of the social construction of identity for western Canada as a whole.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Max Foran is a professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. He has written extensively on various western Canadian urban, rural, and cultural topics, most recently on ranching, urban growth, and sustainability.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede
Verlag: Athabasca University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: As New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket