Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede

Foran, Max (editor)

ISBN 10: 1897425058 / ISBN 13: 9781897425053

Edité par Au Press/Athabasca University 978-1-897425-05-3, Edmonton, AB

A propos de cet article

[978-1-897425-05-3] 2008, review copy. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. xiv, 354pp. 8vo. Review copy. A study, an exploration of the Calagry Stampede, its meaning and iconography; the tradition and show that consumes Calgary for 10 days as it has done every July, from 1923 until 2020 when it was cancelled for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede
• Éditeur: Au Press/Athabasca University 978-1-897425-05-3, Edmonton, AB
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1897425058
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781897425053
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Canadiana

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

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.