Gender, Whiteness, and Power in Rodeo

Breaking Away from the Ties of Sexism and Racism

AvTracey Owens Patton,Sally M. Schedlock

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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The lure of cowgirls and cowboys has hooked the American imagination with the lure of freedom and adventure since the turn of the twentieth century. The cowboy and cowgirl played in the imagination and made rodeo into a symbolic representation of the Western United States. As a sport that is emblematic of all things “Western,” rodeo is a phenomenon that has since transcended into popular culture. Rodeo’s attraction has even spanned oceans and lives in the imaginations of many around the world. From the modest start of this fantastic sport in open fields to celebrate the end of a long cattle drive or to settle a friendly “who’s the best” bet between neighboring ranches, rodeo truly has grown into an edge-of-the-seat, money-drawing, and crowd-cheering favorite pastime. However, rodeo has diverse history that largely remains unaccounted for, unexamined, and silenced. In Gender, Whiteness and Power in Rodeo Tracey Owens Patton and Sally M. Schedlock visually explore how race, gender, and other issues of identity complicate the mythic historical narrative of the West. The authors examine the experiences of ethnic minorities, specifically Latinos, American Indians, and African Americans, and women who have continued to be marginalized in rodeo. Throughout the book, Patton and Schedlock questioned the binary divisions in rodeo that exists between women and men, and between ethnic minorities and Whites—divisions that have become naturalized in rodeo and in the mind of the general public. Using iconic visual images, along with the voices of the marginalized, Patton and Schedlock enter into the sometimes acrimonious debate of cowgirls and ethnic minorities in rodeo.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-31
Mått:160 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739173206

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Tracey Owens Patton is director of African American and diaspora studies as well as professor of communication in the Department of Communication and Journalism at The University of Wyoming. Sally M. Schedlockreceived her BA and MA degrees in communication from the University of Wyoming. She has rodeoed since she was a small child and continues to barrel race.

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This book, which is about much more than 'gender, whiteness, and power in rodeo,' encompasses the history of women and ethnic minorities in the settling and historical retelling of the West. The authors attempt to historically categorize the various periods of women's participation in the sport of rodeo in the West. From neo-Victorian and pin-up to sex kitten, women have always played a significant role in rodeo performance. Conditions did not 'improve' for women in the twentieth century in the sport; the marginalization of women reflected larger currents within American gender norms and the growing professionalization of rodeo. The authors complicate the narrative by discussing ethnic women and men within rodeo, reflecting the multiculturalism within the sport and the West.... The story that the authors relate is important enough that students of western history, gender, and sport will all find the book valuable. The authors include a significant number of photos and illustrations to demonstrate how women were culturally represented in rodeo. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates and above.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface: Why Study Rodeo A Girl Howdy of a Beginning: An Introduction to RodeoChapter One: Circle the Wagons and Let’s Talk Rodeo: The Foundation of Rodeo and the Myth of the WestChapter Two: The Equality Cowgirl Can Just LeDoux It: The Golden Age of Cowgirls in the ArenaChapter Three: Neo-Victorian Cowgirl Can Git ’Er Done: The New Dichotomized Role for CowgirlsChapter Four: Pin-Up Cowgirl has to Head ’Em Up and Move ’Em Out: A New Era of the Silver Screen with Cheesecake and Pin-up CowgirlsChapter Five: Sex Kitten Cowgirl Knows Money Is in the Mane: Sex, Status, and SalaciousnessChapter Six: Back to Equality Says Let ’Er Buck: The Return to Equality in the ArenaChapter Seven: Let’s Go, Let’s Show, Let’s Rodeo: Ethnic Minority Involvement in RodeoChapter Eight: Concluding Thoughts: Cowgirl Up, We’re More than Barbie and Big Hair! Rodeo Definitions