Equestrian Cultures in Global and Local Contexts

1. Introduction to Equestrian Cultures in Global and Local Contexts
Miriam Adelman, Kirrilly Thompson

Part I. Asia and the Middle East

2. Women’s Agency and Corporeality in Equestrian Sports: The Case of Female Leisure Horse-Riders in Tehran
Ladan Rahbari

3. The New Equestrian Economy in China
Susanna Forrest

Part II. Europe

4. Global Equestrian Trends in Local Context: Where Are All the Women in Doma Vaquera Competitions in Southern Spain?
Kirrilly Thompson

5. Globalization and Equestrian Culture: The Case of Equitation in the French Tradition
Sylvine Pickel-Chevalier

6. National Treasure: Nationalistic Representations of the Finnhorse in Trotting Championships
Riitta-Marja Leinonen, Karen Dalke

7. The Transnational Image of the Spanish Horse in the Leisure Horse Trade
Nora Schuurman

8. Making Trails: Horses and Equestrian Tourism in Poland
Marek W. Kozak

Part III. North America

9. The Aging of Canadian Equestrian Sport
James Gillett, Darla Gillett

10. Sociocultural Changes in Canadian Equestrian Sport
Michelle Gilbert

Part IV. South America

11. From Hípica to Cabanha: Brazilian Stable Hands in Different Cultures and Contexts
Miriam Adelman, Tiemi K. Lobato Costa

Part V. Africa

12. The Gunpowder Games: Traditional Equestrianism as Moroccan Invented Heritage Tourism
Gwyneth Talley

13. Race Politics: Horse Racing, Identity and Power in South Africa
Sandra Swart

14. Afterword: Formalising Equestrian Social Science
Kirrilly Thompson, Miriam Adelman

Keywords: Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Social Anthropology