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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foran, Maxwell.

Series:

West unbound.

West unbound, 1915-8181

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calgary Stampede--History.

Calgary Stampede.

Calgary Stampede--Social aspects.

Calgary (Alta.)--History.

Calgary (Alta.).

Calgary (Alta.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : AU Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 335-347.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9786612819513

9781771991476

177199147X

9781282819511

1282819518

9781897425121

1897425120

OCLC:

222517728

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access