Riding Pretty Rodeo Royalty in the American West. Women in the West |
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| Author:
| Laegreid, Renee M. |
| Series title: | Women in the West Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-55080-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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When the town of Pendleton, Oregon, held its first large-scale rodeo, it introduced a new kind of rodeo queen not a traveling cowgirl performer but a young, middle-class woman from its own town. Riding Pretty examines the history, evolution, and significance of the community-sponsored rodeo queen, from the introduction of this new phenomenon at the 1910 Pendleton Round-Up to the advent of Miss Rodeo America in 1956, and places the main theme connection of queens to community within the...
More DescriptionWhen the town of Pendleton, Oregon, held its first large-scale rodeo, it introduced a new kind of rodeo queen not a traveling cowgirl performer but a young, middle-class woman from its own town. Riding Pretty examines the history, evolution, and significance of the community-sponsored rodeo queen, from the introduction of this new phenomenon at the 1910 Pendleton Round-Up to the advent of Miss Rodeo America in 1956, and places the main theme connection of queens to community within the context of the evolution of rodeo as a spectator sport and the changing concepts of gender relations in the American West."