| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 92.3

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Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies. By Annie Gilbert Coleman. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. xii, 299 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-7006-1341-2.)
Annie Gilbert Coleman is a graduate of the U.S. freestyle ski team and of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Now an assistant professor of history at Indiana University—Purdue University at Indianapolis, she breaks a fresh trail through deep powder snow with this history and analysis of the ski culture.	1
Coleman, who confesses to looking "ratty" while skiing Aspen, shows "how skiing is about style, spectacle, and status as much as about nature, physical experience and sport" (p. 1). A graceful writer, she explores the "whiteness" of the sport and its gender issues, such as macho ski instructor—ski bunny teacher-pupil relationships that "transferred easily from the slopes to the bar and even the bedroom" (p. 42). Coleman's extensive interviews with pioneers enable her to capture the early days and evolution of Colorado skiing. Among the anecdotal nuggets are the late Steve Knowlton's story about the woman sliding down Aspen mountain yelling "'You son of a bitch, why did you bring me here?'" (p. 129).	. . .

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