Equestrian Cultures in Global and Local Contexts

This edited volume demonstrates the broader socio-cultural context for individual human-horse relations and equestrian practices by documenting the international value of equines; socially, culturally, as subjects of academic study and as drivers of public policy. It broadens our understanding of th...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Adelman, Miriam (Editor), Thompson, Kirrilly (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Ethnology.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319558868
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-55886-8
Physical DescriptionX, 278 p. 12 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Beasts and Beauties of Proliferating Burdens & Benefits in Local and Global arenas Miriam Adelman and Kirrilly Thompson
  • Part 1. Gender
  • Chapter 2. The Impact on Horse Keeping Practices Wrought by the Feminization of the Leisure Horse Sector: An Australia Study with Global Significance; Sandra Burr/Australia. Chapter 3. Men Riding Horses. Rethinking a Cowboy Tradition in Northwest Mexico; Oscar Hernandez-Hernandez/México
  • Chapter 4. Women Riders in the Moroccan Fantasia; Abderrahim Bourkia/Morocco
  • Chapter 5. Sidesaddle Spins, 'Escaramuzas Charras' and their Horses: Mexican Horsewomen in the Gender Machine; Ana Cristina Ramírez Barreto
  • Chapter 6. Gender and Equestrian Activities: Women and Horse Riding in Iranian History; Ladan Rabari
  • Chapter 7. Global Equestrian Trends in Local Context: Where Are All the Women in Doma Vaquera Competitions in Southern Spain?; Kirrily Thompson. Part 2. Work, Industry and Markets
  • Chapter 8. Making Sense of the New Equine Industry: Case Finland; Nora Brandt, Kjell Andersson and Erland Eklund
  • Chapter 9. Ground Zero": Notes on the New Chinese Leisure Horse Industry; Susanna Forrest
  • Chapter 10. Seu Lazer é Meu Trabalho! Stable Workers in Brazil: Experiences, Skills and Labor Conditions; Miriam Adelman and Tiemi Costa
  • Chapter 11. The Aging of Canadian Equestrian Sport; James Gillett and Darla Nichiporuk
  • Chapter 12. Socio-Cultural Changes in Canadian Equestrian Sport; Michelle Gilbert
  • Part 3. Cultures and Identities
  • Chapter 13. Can Traditional Equestrian Cultures be Regenerated through Leisure? The Case of France; Sylvine Pickle-Chevalier
  • Chapter 14. Fantasia: Traditional Equestrianism as Heritage Tourism in Morocco; Gwyneth Talley
  • Chapter 15. National Treasure: Nationalistic Representations of the Finnhorse in Trotting Championships; Karen Dalke and Riitta-Marja Leinonen
  • Chapter 16. The Transnational Image of the Spanish Horse in Leisure Horse Trade; Nora Schuurman
  • Chapter 17. Horse-Riding(s): Forms of Practice and Social Representations in France; Patrice Regnier
  • Chapter 18. Horses and Horsemanship in Poland: An Overview; Marek W. Kozak
  • Chapter 19. Race Politics; Sandra Swart
  • Epilogue
  • Chapter 20. Furthering the Agenda for Research on the Humans and Animals in Eque-Cultures; Kirrilly Thompson and Miriam Adelman.

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