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Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede (The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies)

Maxwell L. Foran

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Description:This hook investigates 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 as a component of the social construction of identity for western Canada as a whole.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede (The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies). To get started finding Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede (The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This hook investigates 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 as a component of the social construction of identity for western Canada as a whole.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede (The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies). To get started finding Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede (The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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