Rodeo cowboys in the North American imagination / Michael Allen. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Michael, 1950-

Series:

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered)

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history in humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rodeos--West (U.S.)--History.

Rodeos.

Cowboys--West (U.S.)--History.

Cowboys.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Rodeos--History--West (U.S.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 270 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Reno : University of Nevada Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this broadly researched and engagingly written study, historian Michael Allen examines the image of the rodeo cowboy and the role this image has played in popular culture over the past century. He sees rodeo as a significant American folk festival and the rodeo cowboy as the surviving avatar of a nearly vanished authentic figure - the "real cowboy," who embodies the skills and values of traditional western rural culture. Rodeo Cowboys in the North American Imagination explores the evolution of the myth of the rodeo man and its subsequent institutionalization and acculturation into the media of popular culture - movies and television, folklore and literature, country music, and the visual arts.

Contents:

Introduction: Frontier, Civilization, and the Meaning of Rodeo

1. "Real Cowboys": A Brief History of Rodeo

2. "Goin' Down That Road": The Rodeo Cowboy in Movies and Television

3. "Wild Side of Life": The Rodeo Cowboy in Folklore and Literature

4. "Getting It Right": The Rodeo Cowboy in Art

5. "I Ain't Rich but Lord I'm Free": The Rodeo Cowboy in Country Music

6. "If You're a Cowboy, You're a Cowboy": Rainbow Rodeo Riders and the Archetypal Anti-Archetype

7. "Hooked on an 8 Second Ride": The Rodeo Cowboy as Contemporary Ancestor and Popular-Culture Hero

Rodeo Cowboy Lingo: A Glossary

Rodeo Sources Roundup Program: Bibliographical Essay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-254) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-87417-418-X