Slapping Leather
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Slapping Leather

Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

Slapping Leather

Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo

About this book

Unapologetically brings gay rodeo out of the closet Campy and competitive, gay rodeo offers a community of refuge that straddles the urban and rural. Since the mid-1970s, gay rodeos have provided space to both embrace and challenge the idealized masculinity associated with the iconic cowboy of the US West. Slapping Leather traces the history and growth of gay rodeo over the decades, demonstrating how queer cowfolx have fought to build a community where LGBTQ+ people can escape discrimination in both mainstream rodeos and broader society. Yet not all LGBTQ+ groups have found full acceptance in gay rodeo. Originally formed by gay men for gay men, the rodeo has at times perpetuated historically problematic ideas about the US West, the iconic cowboy, and the meaning of masculinity. Despite the gay rodeo's credo of acceptance, its history reveals complicated relationships with straight rodeo, gender stereotypes, and women competitors. Drawing from multiple archives and over seventy oral history interviews, historians Elyssa Ford and Rebecca Scofield demonstrate how amid these tensions, participants, volunteers, and spectators continue to redefine the performance of the cowboy and national belonging.

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Yes, you can access Slapping Leather by Elyssa Ford,Rebecca Scofield in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Scienze sociali & Storia nordamericana. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Introduction: Framing Gay Rodeo
  9. Oral History Vignette: Roger Bergmann, Rodeo Judge and IGRA Past President
  10. Chapter 1. Origins: The History of the Gay Western Ideal and the Gay Rodeo
  11. Oral History Vignette: Bruce Roby, Rodeo Judge
  12. Chapter 2. ā€œHookinā€™ Upā€ at the Gay Rodeo: Normative Masculinity, Queer Sexuality, and the Authentic Cowboy
  13. Oral History Vignette: Brian Helander, IGRA Past President
  14. Chapter 3. ā€œA Euphemism for an Orgyā€: Sex, Sexuality, and the AIDS Crisis
  15. Oral History Vignette: Marie Antoinette Du Barry, NMGRA Royalty
  16. Chapter 4. ā€œDollared to Deathā€: Gay Rodeo Queens, Camp Events, and the Labor of Inclusion
  17. Oral History Vignette: Candy Pratt, IGRA Past President
  18. Chapter 5. ā€œItā€™s Miller Timeā€: Negotiating Gay Political and Consumer Identity at the Rodeo
  19. Oral History Vignette: Laura, Champion Cowgirl
  20. Chapter 6. ā€œFor All Gay Peopleā€: Outreach, Acceptance, and the Boundaries of Inclusion
  21. Conclusion: The Future of Gay Rodeo
  22. Glossary
  23. Notes
  24. Index