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Wrangling Women: Humor and Gender in the American West
Kristin M. McAndrews
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Description for Wrangling Women: Humor and Gender in the American West
Paperback. In 1970's, Winthrop, Washington, a small community in the Methow Valley, reinvented itself as a western-theme town. Many women living in Winthrop not only work with horses as packers, horse trainers, wranglers and ranchers but also as teachers, veterinarians, and business managers. This title reveals about issues of gender in the American West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
In the 1970's, Winthrop, Washington, a small community in the Methow Valley, reinvented itself as a western-theme town. Many women living in Winthrop not only work with horses as packers, horse trainers, trail guides, wranglers and ranchers but also as teachers, veterinarians, bakers, volunteers, leather workers and business managers. These women work in an environment where gender stereotypes must be carefully preserved for the sake of a tourist-based economy. Yet they often subvert and undermine these traditional images with humor. How these wrangling women accomplish this challenging balancing act is a fascinating study of women's manipulation of language and gender ... Read more
In the 1970's, Winthrop, Washington, a small community in the Methow Valley, reinvented itself as a western-theme town. Many women living in Winthrop not only work with horses as packers, horse trainers, trail guides, wranglers and ranchers but also as teachers, veterinarians, bakers, volunteers, leather workers and business managers. These women work in an environment where gender stereotypes must be carefully preserved for the sake of a tourist-based economy. Yet they often subvert and undermine these traditional images with humor. How these wrangling women accomplish this challenging balancing act is a fascinating study of women's manipulation of language and gender ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874177589
SKU
V9780874177589
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About Kristin M. McAndrews
Kristin M. McAndrews is an assistant professor of English at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She is a specialist in folklore, humor, gender and tourist studies, culture and cuisine, the American West, and Hawaiian popular culture.
Reviews for Wrangling Women: Humor and Gender in the American West
"This volume is a skillful assemblage of theoretical and empirical approaches to a fascinating naturally occurring social experiment. It is well illustrated and well annotated, and has an exhaustive bibliography." - The Journal of Popular Culture "This book is an enjoyable read of the contemporary western horsewoman and makes a worthwhile contribution to folklore tradition, gender studies, and human-animal relations." ... Read more