Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede by Foran, Max

Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781897425053)

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Format: Paperback
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Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede by Foran, Max

Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede

$32.95
Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede by Foran, Max

Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede

$32.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Max Foran
ISBN-10: 1897425058
ISBN-13: 9781897425053
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.01w x 0.90d
By Max Foran
By Max Foran
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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.

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