Down The Backstretch Racing and the American Dream
Language: English
Published by Temple University Press, 1991
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC
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Condition: Used - Very good
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A 194-page light green cloth-bound hardcover in good condition. The spine, tips, and edges are all intact. The 194pp text is tight and crisp with foxing at head of page block only. No names, tears or soil. This book comes in an original color-illustrated unclipped dust jacket that displays well in mylar. Part of the Labor and social change series. Carole Case analyzes the culture that persists through horse racing rituals, beliefs, and magical practices, all of which center around the thoroughbred horse. How the community adheres through a shared sense of risk, ceremonial activities such as the paddock ritual, the racetrackers' argot, informal patterns of exchange, and a strange litany of proverbs, such as "Chickens today, feathers tomorrow." With fascinating detail, Case reveals the vivid contrast between the pomp and circumstance of the grandstand and the sweat and manure of the backstretch.
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- Title
- Down The Backstretch Racing and the American Dream
- Author
- Case, Carole
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0877228469
- ISBN 13
- 9780877228462
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 14 ounces
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7.75" - 9.75" tall
- Seller catalogs
- HORSE RACING & CHASING
Case analyzes the culture that persists through its rituals, beliefs, and magical practices, all of which center around the thoroughbred horse. The community adheres through a shared sense of risk, ceremonial activities such as the paddock ritual, the racetrackers' argot, informal patterns of exchange, and a strange litany of proverbs, such as "Chickens today, feathers tomorrow." With fascinating detail, Case reveals the vivid contrast between the pomp and circumstance of the grandstand and the sweat and manure of the backstretch.
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