Rodeo Queens And the American Dream

Name: Rodeo Queens And the American Dream
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ISBN: 9781586482046

ISBN-10: 1586482041

ISBN-13: 9781586482046

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joan Burbick

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For Over Ten Years, Joan Burbick traveled the backroads of the West, talking with "rodeo queens," the women who promote and perform in the elaborate pageantry of the rodeo. She interviewed dozens of queens in their living rooms, kitchens, barns, bars, and ranches. They took her down the rodeo road from tiny Western towns to the show-biz glitter of Las Vegas. Their life stories reveal dramatic changes in the rodeo from the 1930s to the present, including the decline of skilled horse handling, the fierce conflicts over gender and race, and the intense commercialization of the rodeo. The rich tapestry of women's voices in Rodeo Queens both echoes and challenges our stereotypes of the West.…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 1/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Breakout



Rodeo Queen Lament



The Last Branding



A Drowned Land



Trusting the Wild



Leaving Pochontas



Queen for a Day



Hidden Horses



Separate Belongings



Rhinestone Cowgirls



A Perfect Image



Dreaming Las Vegas


The Last Rodeo


Acknowledgments


Works Consulted


A Note on the Photographs


Index