The origins of the Mountaineer -- From slouch hat to coonskin cap: The hillbilly mountaineer versus the frontiersman -- The rifle and the beard: The WVU Mountaineer in the 1960s -- Policing the student body: "Mountain Dears" and (sexy) girls with guns -- Inclusion, exclusion, and the twenty-first-century Mountaineer.
Summary:
"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career-beginning officially in 1937-as the symbol of West Virginia University"-- Provided by publisher.
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