Overview

An investigation of the meanings and iconography of the Stampede, aninvented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for 10 daysevery July. Since 1923, archetypal “Cowboys and Indians”are seen again at the chuckwagon races, on the midway, and throughoutCalgary. Each essay in this collection examines a facet of theexperience—from the images on advertising posters to the ritualof the annual parade. This study of the Calgary Stampede as a socialphenomenon reveals the history and sociology of the city of Calgary andthe social construc-tion of identity for western Canada as a whole.

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Author:   Max Foran
Publisher:   AU Press
Imprint:   AU Press
Edition:   Illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781897425039

ISBN 10:   1897425031
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 April 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The Stampede in Historical Context / Max Foran 2 Making Tradition: The Calgary Stampede, 1912-1939 /Donald G. Wetherell 3 The Indians and the Stampede / Hugh A. Dempsey 4 Calgary's Parading Culture Before 1912 / Lorry W.Felske 5 Midway to Respectability: Carnivals at the CalgaryStampede / Fiona Angus 6 More Than Partners: The Calgary Stampede and the City ofCalgary / Max Foran 7 Riding Broncs and Taming Contradictions: Reflections on theUses of the Cowboy in the Calgary Stampede / Tamara Palmer Seiler 8 A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot's Guide to the CalgaryStampede Rodeo / Glen Mikkelsen 9 The Half a Mile of Heaven's Gate / Aritha van Herk 10 Cowtown It Ain't : The Stampede andCalgary's Public Monuments / Frits Pannekoek 11 A Wonderful Picture : Western Art and theCalgary Stampede / Brian Rusted 12 The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: CalgaryExhibitions and Stampede Posters, 1952-1972 / Robert M. Seilerand Tamara P. Seiler 13 Renewing the Calgary Stampede for the 21st Century: AConversation with Vern Kimball, Stampede Chief Executive Officer Bibliography Contributors Index

Reviews

Makes you understand the pitfalls and the danger and the foolishness of it all and still want to shout out, yippee! - Donna Livingstone, author of The Cowboy Spirit: Guy Weadick and the Calgary Stampede

Makes you understand the pitfalls and the danger and the foolishness of it all and still want to shout out, yippee! - Donna Livingstone, author of The Cowboy Spirit: Guy Weadick and the Calgary Stampede

Author Information

Max Foran is a Professor in the Faculty ofCommunication and History at the University of Calgary. He has writtenextensively on various western Canadian urban, rural, and culturaltopics, most recently on ranching, urban growth, and sustainability.

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