The life and legacy of Annie Oakley
著者
書誌事項
The life and legacy of Annie Oakley
（The Oklahoma western biographies, v. 7）
University of Oklahoma Press, c1994
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全2件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-241) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
"The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley" is an interpretive biography of Annie Oakley. Overcoming poverty, prejudice, physical setbacks and her own shyness, Oakley became a star in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. Both in the United States and abroad, her shooting and riding skills drew standing-room-only crowds. And there she burned into the public mind a dual vision of Annie Oakley: as a lady and as the archetypal western woman - daring, beautiful and skilled. In the first chapter, Glenda Riley recounts Oakley's childhood, her development as a shooter, and her marriage to Frank Butler. Subsequent chapters present Oakley's life - as entertainer, sport shooter, lady, and western woman. Riley revives Oakely's reputation as a hunter and as a match and exhibition shooter. Although many women were shooters and arena performers in Oakley's time, she endures because of her consummate skill and professionalism. Even though Oakley strove to be a Victorian lady at all times and maintained that she was not a feminist, her actions helped the movement along its way. Riley also analyses Oakley's place in the "fin de siecle" romance with the American West.
Idealised at home and abroad, Oakley left a lasting legacy - the image of the strong, aggressive western woman. In the final chapter, Riley assesses changes in the interpretation of Oakley's image since her death in 1926.
「Nielsen BookData」 より