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Universiteit Utrecht

1. Ham, C. van. Bereden Scherpschutters and Rifle Rangers: Cultural Translations of Buffalo Bill in Europe.

Degree: 2016, Universiteit Utrecht

URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/326170

The reception, dissemination and cultural translation of Buffalo Bill (dime novels) in Europe (Germany and the Netherlands) in the early 20th century Advisors/Committee Members: Verheul, J., Kroes, R..

Subjects/Keywords: American Studies; Buffalo Bill; Cultural Translations; Dime Novels

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Ham, C. v. (2016). Bereden Scherpschutters and Rifle Rangers: Cultural Translations of Buffalo Bill in Europe. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/326170

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ham, C van. “Bereden Scherpschutters and Rifle Rangers: Cultural Translations of Buffalo Bill in Europe.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/326170.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ham, C van. “Bereden Scherpschutters and Rifle Rangers: Cultural Translations of Buffalo Bill in Europe.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Ham Cv. Bereden Scherpschutters and Rifle Rangers: Cultural Translations of Buffalo Bill in Europe. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/326170.

Council of Science Editors:

Ham Cv. Bereden Scherpschutters and Rifle Rangers: Cultural Translations of Buffalo Bill in Europe. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2016. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/326170

University of Saskatchewan

2. Grieve, Adam C 1986-. Wild West Canada: Buffalo Bill and Transborder History.

Degree: 2016, University of Saskatchewan

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7333

► Canadians continue to struggle with their western identity. For one reason or another, they have separated themselves from an Americanized “blood and thunder” history. But… (more)

▼ Canadians continue to struggle with their western identity. For one reason or another, they have separated themselves from an Americanized “blood and thunder” history. But making this separation was not always as easy as it might seem today. This thesis contributes to the growing body of scholarship that is problematizing the western borderlands. It does this primarily by looking at historical representations of the West in late nineteenth and early twentieth century movies, plays, books, and especially by examining the wildly popular traveling show Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. It was largely Buffalo Bill’s show that popularized the Western as a genre of spectacle, and to a degree that earlier historians have overlooked, it did this on both sides of the border. Indeed, the show highlighted “Western” heroic qualities and placed them in a space called “the West” that refused to be divided by the 49th parallel. Buffalo Bill’s show expressed and promoted western sensibilities that were inclusive of Canada, and that many Canadians embraced. In the show Canadians were neither exotic others nor were they European-style eastern dandies. Rather they were participants in a westering narrative that cared little for what the eastern elite or academics might have thought of as distinguishing national characteristics. In this thesis I primarily examine Buffalo Bill’s personal history and the cultural messaging associated with his Wild West Show to illustrate previously overlooked aspects of the history of the way Canadians and Americans have, since the inception of the two countries, and for many years previously, impacted each other from across the border. We already know, for instance, that criminals and political enemies have sought asylum across the world’s longest unprotected border; that fortune hunters have crossed and re-crossed the border looking for one big strike; and that simple farmers, traders, hunters, and business people crossed in the hopes for greater returns and a settled life for themselves and their families. But whereas these kinds of crossings happened in the East as well, they had greater significance along the vast western borderlands, where a man or woman could cross the border without being aware of it. In this thesis, I argue that ideas, evidenced though newspapers, also crossed this western border – often without eastern people being fully conscious of it. But of course, if some people and ideas crossed the border unaware, others invested the boundary with great significance. Such crossing sometimes had more profound impacts on Canadian and American understandings of what was meant by “the west” than we’ve fully appreciated in the past. By examining the previously overlooked history of Buffalo Bill’s personal connection to Canada and the messaging about the Canadian Wild West depicted through his Wild West Shows this thesis seeks to contribute a history that was much more complicated and mixed on both sides of the Canada / US border than previously appreciated. Advisors/Committee Members: Carlson , Keith, Smith-Norris, Martha, Cunfer, Geoff, Bartley, Bill, Labelle, Maurice.

Subjects/Keywords: Buffalo Bill; Canada; United States; Transborder; popular culture; Wild West

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APA (6^th Edition):

Grieve, A. C. 1. (2016). Wild West Canada: Buffalo Bill and Transborder History. (Thesis). University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7333

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Grieve, Adam C 1986-. “Wild West Canada: Buffalo Bill and Transborder History.” 2016. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7333.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Grieve, Adam C 1986-. “Wild West Canada: Buffalo Bill and Transborder History.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Grieve AC1. Wild West Canada: Buffalo Bill and Transborder History. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7333.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Grieve AC1. Wild West Canada: Buffalo Bill and Transborder History. [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7333

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Kansas

3. Knappe, Stephanie Fox. ART PERPETUATING FAME: THE POSTERS OF BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST.

Degree: PhD, History of Art, 2013, University of Kansas

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19615

► From 1883 until 1913, Buffalo Bill's Wild West attracted fifty million people in more than one thousand cities in ten countries. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"… (more)

▼ From 1883 until 1913, Buffalo Bill's Wild West attracted fifty million people in more than one thousand cities in ten countries. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's globe-galloping extravaganza would not have attained its status as one of the most widely attended and wildly popular turn-of-the-century spectacles without an extensive and effective promotional system to perpetuate its fame. Using the exhibition's posters as primary objects of inquiry, this dissertation examines the Wild West's most iconic and resonant elements. Each of four case studies is anchored by a key image – a poster that serves as a platform from which to investigate other imagery devoted to the same theme – and incorporates visual and contextual analysis, contemporary public reception, and an exploration of influential iconography originating from both fine art and popular sources as well as their literary counterparts. The first chapter focuses on the man at the center of it all, Buffalo Bill himself, and the meanings of the various roles he played within the Wild West's arena and in its advertising. The second chapter analyzes the complicated and shifting status of Indians near the close of the nineteenth century. The cowboy, who, like the Indian, experienced a change in reputation vividly chronicled by the Wild West and its promotional imagery, is the subject of the third chapter. The Congress of Rough Riders of the World, a reflection of increasing American imperialism, cultural hegemony and exceptionalism during an era when the word "frontier" no longer strictly referred to the American West, is the topic of the final chapter. The posters of Buffalo Bill's Wild West advertised more than a traveling exhibition that captivated millions for three decades. A century after the exhibition met its fate on the auction block, the posters designed to promote it still perpetuate its fame. Simultaneously, images of Buffalo Bill, Indians, cowboys, and multinational Rough Riders continue to illuminate many defining currents of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. When considered in their cultural context, the posters of Buffalo Bill's Wild West both influenced and underscored complex sociopolitical ideologies, perspectives, and values that challenged and shaped America. Advisors/Committee Members: Eldredge, Charles C. (advisor), Cateforis, David (cmtemember), Goddard, Stephen (cmtemember), Earle, Susan (cmtemember), Berg, Chuck (cmtemember).

Subjects/Keywords: Art history; American studies; American history; Buffalo Bill; Posters; Wild West; William Frederick Cody

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APA (6^th Edition):

Knappe, S. F. (2013). ART PERPETUATING FAME: THE POSTERS OF BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Kansas. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19615

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Knappe, Stephanie Fox. “ART PERPETUATING FAME: THE POSTERS OF BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Kansas. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19615.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Knappe, Stephanie Fox. “ART PERPETUATING FAME: THE POSTERS OF BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST.” 2013. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Knappe SF. ART PERPETUATING FAME: THE POSTERS OF BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Kansas; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19615.

Council of Science Editors:

Knappe SF. ART PERPETUATING FAME: THE POSTERS OF BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Kansas; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19615

Universiteit Utrecht

4. Jong, W. de. Adoration on Stage, Assimilation at Home Buffalo Bill’s show Indians, Reformers, and Manifest Destiny during the Late Nineteenth Century.

Degree: 2014, Universiteit Utrecht

URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/298647

Subjects/Keywords: Buffalo Bill; Show Indian; Manifest Destiny; Indian Reformers; Reformers; Indian Policy.

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Jong, W. d. (2014). Adoration on Stage, Assimilation at Home Buffalo Bill’s show Indians, Reformers, and Manifest Destiny during the Late Nineteenth Century. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/298647

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Jong, W de. “Adoration on Stage, Assimilation at Home Buffalo Bill’s show Indians, Reformers, and Manifest Destiny during the Late Nineteenth Century.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/298647.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Jong, W de. “Adoration on Stage, Assimilation at Home Buffalo Bill’s show Indians, Reformers, and Manifest Destiny during the Late Nineteenth Century.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Jong Wd. Adoration on Stage, Assimilation at Home Buffalo Bill’s show Indians, Reformers, and Manifest Destiny during the Late Nineteenth Century. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/298647.

Council of Science Editors:

Jong Wd. Adoration on Stage, Assimilation at Home Buffalo Bill’s show Indians, Reformers, and Manifest Destiny during the Late Nineteenth Century. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/298647

5. Walls, Patrick. Bill Owens: A US Craft Beer Pioneer, 1982-2001.

Degree: MA History, History, 2017, University of San Diego

URL: https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/18

► Bill Owens is a pioneer in the United States craft brewing industry through his efforts as an advocate, writer, publisher, brewer, and entrepreneur who… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: American Brewer; Bill Owens; Buffalo Bill's Brewery; Brewpub; Craft Beer; Cultural History; Cultural History; Food Processing; Food Studies; Other History; Social History; United States History

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Walls, P. (2017). Bill Owens: A US Craft Beer Pioneer, 1982-2001. (Masters Thesis). University of San Diego. Retrieved from https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/18

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Walls, Patrick. “Bill Owens: A US Craft Beer Pioneer, 1982-2001.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of San Diego. Accessed March 04, 2021. https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/18.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Walls, Patrick. “Bill Owens: A US Craft Beer Pioneer, 1982-2001.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Walls P. Bill Owens: A US Craft Beer Pioneer, 1982-2001. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of San Diego; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/18.

Council of Science Editors:

Walls P. Bill Owens: A US Craft Beer Pioneer, 1982-2001. [Masters Thesis]. University of San Diego; 2017. Available from: https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/18

6. McLafferty, Alexandra. The American National Plot Visualized: The Reinterpretation of Indian Captivity Narratives at the End of the Nineteenth Century.

Degree: 2013, University of Washington

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/23640

► As this thesis will demonstrate in the unfolding chapters, there are several key distinctions that can be made about Native American captivity narratives. The drawings… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: buffalo bill; captivity narratives; fort marion; Indian; Native American; pratt; Art history; Native American studies; American studies; fine arts

…held both at the Fort Marion prison and in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.53 Frederick Ward Putnam…

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McLafferty, A. (2013). The American National Plot Visualized: The Reinterpretation of Indian Captivity Narratives at the End of the Nineteenth Century. (Thesis). University of Washington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1773/23640

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

McLafferty, Alexandra. “The American National Plot Visualized: The Reinterpretation of Indian Captivity Narratives at the End of the Nineteenth Century.” 2013. Thesis, University of Washington. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/23640.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

McLafferty, Alexandra. “The American National Plot Visualized: The Reinterpretation of Indian Captivity Narratives at the End of the Nineteenth Century.” 2013. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

McLafferty A. The American National Plot Visualized: The Reinterpretation of Indian Captivity Narratives at the End of the Nineteenth Century. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Washington; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/23640.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

McLafferty A. The American National Plot Visualized: The Reinterpretation of Indian Captivity Narratives at the End of the Nineteenth Century. [Thesis]. University of Washington; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/23640

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The Ohio State University

7. Slagle, Jefferson D. In the flesh: authenticity, nationalism, and performance on the American frontier, 1860-1925.

Degree: PhD, English, 2006, The Ohio State University

URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150295077

► Representations of the frontier through the early twentieth century have been subject to two sets of critical criteria: the conventional aesthetic expectations of the particular… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Literature, American; Western; west; frontier; authenticity; Buffalo Bill; William F. Cody; William S. Hart; Dime Novels; The Virginian; Owen Wister; Silent film; American drama; Postbellum America

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Slagle, J. D. (2006). In the flesh: authenticity, nationalism, and performance on the American frontier, 1860-1925. (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150295077

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Slagle, Jefferson D. “In the flesh: authenticity, nationalism, and performance on the American frontier, 1860-1925.” 2006. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150295077.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Slagle, Jefferson D. “In the flesh: authenticity, nationalism, and performance on the American frontier, 1860-1925.” 2006. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Slagle JD. In the flesh: authenticity, nationalism, and performance on the American frontier, 1860-1925. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 2006. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150295077.

Council of Science Editors:

Slagle JD. In the flesh: authenticity, nationalism, and performance on the American frontier, 1860-1925. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 2006. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150295077

8. Ritmeester, T.S. [Buffalo Bill and Dutch Understanding about the American West between: 1880-1940] To what extent did the Buffalo Bill-legend influence Dutch understanding of the American West’.

Degree: 2014, Universiteit Utrecht

URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292923

► William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, is one of the most well-known figures in American history. The former bison hunter was famous for… (more)

▼ William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, is one of the most well-known figures in American history. The former bison hunter was famous for his heroic adventures and charismatic personality. His phrases “about balky mules, riders who killed three thousand buffalos, horses who ate men and his Indian exploits” were adopted everywhere.1 He even used the term ‘rough riders’ before Teddy Roosevelt did.2 However, Cody was not only known for his personality. He was also an entertainer and his Wild-West shows toured around the United States and Europe. Romanticized evens and characters of the Old West attracted a large number of people. As a result, Cody and his shows became a symbol for the ‘Wild West’. The Buffalo Bill Historical Centre (BBHC) in Cody Wyoming researches this subject. Many books and articles have been written on Cody’s influence on American culture. This resulted in fascinating insights. For example, Jay S. Kasson asserted that he did not only represent “a great entertainment form” but also “a link between national identity and popular culture”.3 This means that the Wild West show should not be understood as just a show. It also implicates the dissemination of a certain image about America’s identity. This explains why Buffalo Bill is such a popular topic among American authors. However, Cody’s influence on European perceptions is less well researched. This is an interesting observation because it is a well-known fact that Buffalo Bill made three tours on the Continent. The BBHC has therefore started an international research project to solve this problem. The academic importance of this research should not be underestimated. W.T. Stead already wrote in his book The Americanization of the World (1902) “how the rest of the world would be inevitably swamped by American products and American cultural values”.4 This prognosis clearly realized when looking back in history. Coca-Cola, Hollywood, semantic influences and of course the ‘Wild West’-cult can all be found in European culture. Therefore, the Buffalo Bill’s popular shows may have changed European perceptions about America to great extent. This suggestion is strengthened when focusing for example on the Mussolini Propaganda. Italian fascists claimed that Cody originated from Italian condottieri. They were not the only ones who wrote about his influence. Don Russell describes in his book ‘the lives and legends of Buffalo Bill’ how the English started to see "the American West as one of the romantic and adventurous areas of the world" after the spectacular shows "invaded England in 1887".5 As a result of these observations, the influence of the ‘Buffalo Bill-legend’ on Europe should be researched in greater detail because it could tell something about how Europeans visualized the American West. This thesis will not address whole of Europe but only the Netherlands despite the fact that Cody never visited this country. Regardless, Buffalo Bill was still very popular among the Dutch. A databank for newspapers shows that his name can be found in… Advisors/Committee Members: Verheul, Jaap, Kroes, Rob.

Subjects/Keywords: Buffalo Bill; William Cody; American West; Wild West; West; Dutch Newspapers; Newspaper; Texcauclar; Native Americans; Racism; Ethnicity; Wild West Show; Wyoming; Montana; Netherlands

…Bill but this was short-lived. This did not mean that Buffalo Bill’s image of the Wild West… …months later. 28 In short, Buffalo Bill should be understood as an important and influential… …mixture of the Buffalo Bill legend with stories of the frontier attracted numerous visitors from… …early mass culture clarifies why it so important to discuss the influence of Buffalo Bill. The… …Wild West This section focuses on how Buffalo Bill constructed a specific narrative about the…

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Ritmeester, T. S. (2014). [Buffalo Bill and Dutch Understanding about the American West between: 1880-1940] To what extent did the Buffalo Bill-legend influence Dutch understanding of the American West’. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292923

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ritmeester, T S. “[Buffalo Bill and Dutch Understanding about the American West between: 1880-1940] To what extent did the Buffalo Bill-legend influence Dutch understanding of the American West’.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292923.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ritmeester, T S. “[Buffalo Bill and Dutch Understanding about the American West between: 1880-1940] To what extent did the Buffalo Bill-legend influence Dutch understanding of the American West’.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Ritmeester TS. [Buffalo Bill and Dutch Understanding about the American West between: 1880-1940] To what extent did the Buffalo Bill-legend influence Dutch understanding of the American West’. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292923.

Council of Science Editors:

Ritmeester TS. [Buffalo Bill and Dutch Understanding about the American West between: 1880-1940] To what extent did the Buffalo Bill-legend influence Dutch understanding of the American West’. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292923

9. Quinney, Charlotte Louise. (DIS)ARTICULATING THE FRONTIER BODY: ARTIFACTS, APPENDAGES, AND SPECTRES IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE AMERICAN WEST.

Degree: PhD, American Culture Studies/English, 2011, Bowling Green State University

URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1308525892

► (Dis)Articulating the Frontier Body examines the discursive formation of the body in the history and mythology of the American West. This project examines the… (more)

▼ (Dis)Articulating the Frontier Body examines the discursive formation of the body in the history and mythology of the American West. This project examines the body as a “myth-artifact,” or a latent site for the prefiguration and emergence of myth, and an apparatus for refracting and compounding ideas. From the colonial period through the nineteenth century, paradigms for both interpreting and representing the body promoted the expansion of empire, defined bodily alterity, and constituted a burgeoning national popular culture. Bodies and their disassembled parts entered into circuits of capital accumulation, transatlantic entertainment, and narrative networks. Harnessed as scientific specimens, entertainment commodities, disciplinary spectacle, and political propaganda, bodies and bodily appendages performed vital cultural work in legitimating and narrating the movement of the western frontier. Central to this dissertation is the value of the body as both an artifact and metaphor which signified the parameters of racial and regional identity, contributed to the formation of the American character on the frontier, and provided a commercially and scientifically validated narrative of civilization and progress. Themes of bodily dismemberment, prosthetic reassembly, and macabre exhibition symbolized violence and established an exportable national myth of the heroic settlement of the West. Bodily artifacts, prosthetic appendages, and spectral bodies augmented ideas about progress, territory, technology, and identity. They were engaged in the politics of racial difference and hierarchical entitlement to knowledge and power, as well as signifying the colonization of unruly territories and subjects. In the discourse of the frontier West, the body both conjured and denatured reality, contributing to the legacy of a chimerical regional history. This project concludes by challenging the legacy of the frontier as a postmodern vanishing point marked by the successive diminishment of materiality and affect, showing how contemporary authors such as Cormac McCarthy and Robert Coover counter the purported disappearance of populations and tangible history with a residual historical memory experienced through the body. Advisors/Committee Members: Berry, Ellen (Committee Chair).

Subjects/Keywords: American History; American Literature; American Studies; Ethnic Studies; Folklore; Museums; Native Americans; Theater; The body; the frontier; American West; American Gothic; William F. Cody; Buffalo Bill; Edgar Allan Poe; Michel Foucault

…performances of prominent figures such as “Buffalo Bill” Cody; Gerald Vizenor has described the… …Buffalo Bill.” 9 “Dark and Bloody Ground” was the name given to eastern Kentucky in the mid… …identified by “Buffalo Bill” Cody as belonging to the Cheyenne Indian Yellow Hair, and which were… …inventoried by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Wyoming according to the provisions of NAGPRA… …78 7 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pioneer Exhibition: A Realistic Representation of the…

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Quinney, C. L. (2011). (DIS)ARTICULATING THE FRONTIER BODY: ARTIFACTS, APPENDAGES, AND SPECTRES IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE AMERICAN WEST. (Doctoral Dissertation). Bowling Green State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1308525892

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Quinney, Charlotte Louise. “(DIS)ARTICULATING THE FRONTIER BODY: ARTIFACTS, APPENDAGES, AND SPECTRES IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE AMERICAN WEST.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Bowling Green State University. Accessed March 04, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1308525892.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Quinney, Charlotte Louise. “(DIS)ARTICULATING THE FRONTIER BODY: ARTIFACTS, APPENDAGES, AND SPECTRES IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE AMERICAN WEST.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Quinney CL. (DIS)ARTICULATING THE FRONTIER BODY: ARTIFACTS, APPENDAGES, AND SPECTRES IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE AMERICAN WEST. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Bowling Green State University; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1308525892.

Council of Science Editors:

Quinney CL. (DIS)ARTICULATING THE FRONTIER BODY: ARTIFACTS, APPENDAGES, AND SPECTRES IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE AMERICAN WEST. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Bowling Green State University; 2011. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1308525892

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