Transnational Characteristics,Origin Debate and Mythical Spread of American Cowboy Culture
Cowboy culture can be divided into broad and narrow senses.The broad definition of cowboy culture includes the cattle ranching methods,environment,tools(or equipment),techniques,clothes,and so on.Cowboy culture in the narrow sense refers to the spiritual and cultural works related to cowboys,including cowboy songs,poems,novels,paintings,dramas and film and television works.The spread of cowboy culture in North America is closely related to the expansion of Spanish cattle ranching methods,especially the rise of western cattle ranching.In the American academic circle,there has long been a debate about the origin of American cowboy culture.The rise and spread of American cowboy culture idolized and mythologized American cowboys,which completely distorted the real cowboys in history.The spread of cowboy culture in North America is a typical form of American cultural derivation and development,and the main strategy of the United States to achieve cultural hegemony,which has a lasting and far-reaching impact on American and even global culture and civilization.
The United StatesCowboy CultureTransnational CharacterOrigin DebateCowboy Myth
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