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A wilder west : rodeo in western Canada / Mary-Ellen Kelm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelm, Mary-Ellen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rodeos--Alberta--History.
- Rodeos.
- Rodeos--British Columbia--History.
- Rodeos--Social aspects--Alberta--History.
- Rodeos--Social aspects--British Columbia--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (xii, 296 p.) : ill., maps, ports., digital file.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Challenging the well-worn images of rodeo as a white man's sport, A Wilder West shows how rodeo brought together Aboriginal and settler men and women into relationships of competition and camaraderie, forging new identities and communities in the process.
- Contents:
- An old-timers' town : western communities, performance, and contact zones
- Truly western in its character : identities, affinities, and intimacies at Western Canadian rodeo
- A sport not a carnival act : transforming rodeo from performance to sport
- Heavens no! Let's keep it rodeo! Pro rodeo and the making of the modern cowboy
- Going pro : community rodeo in the era of professionalization
- Where the cowboys are Indians : Indian and reserve rodeo in the Candaian west
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7748-2031-4
- OCLC:
- 751635961
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