Wrangling Women
Subtitle: Humor And Gender in the American West
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: September 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780874176834
Subjects: Women's studies; Work & labour; Washington (State); Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Western & Pacific Coast states; Winthrop; Women's Studies - General; Sexism; Folklore & Mythology; Horsemen and horsewomen; Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Description: "In Winthrop, Washington, a small mountain community that has reinvented itself as a western theme town, a group of women who work as ranchers, trail guides, horse trainers, and packers have found themselves in a contradictory environment where they have to preserve gender stereotypes for the sake of the tourist-based economy yet must assume the same authority and expertise as their male counterparts. How these "wrangling women" accomplish this challenging balancing act is a fascinating study of women's subversion and manipulation of humor, language, and gender stereotypes in the modern West."--BOOK JACKET.