The Cowboy : Representations of Labor in an American Work Culture
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
019507243X
ISBN-13
9780195072433
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 18th, 1993
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
522 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.90 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasCultural studies
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Using literary, historical and popular cultural sources as well as folklore, this volume explores the cowboy's role in the American West. It makes use of early oral poems recited by cowboys, as well as histories and autobiographies, to demonstrate the importance of the cowboy's presence.
The Cowboy uses literary, historical, folkloric, and pop cultural sources to document the cowboy''s role in the culture of the American West. In doing so, Allmendinger makes use of early oral poems recited by cowboys in the course of their work, and later poems, histories, and autobiographies written by cowboys - most of which have never before been studied by scholars.
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