Contemporary Cowboys

doi:10.5771/9781666920185

Contemporary Cowboys

Reimagining an American Archetype in Popular Culture

1. Edition 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9781666920185
ISBN print: 978-1-6669-2017-8
ISBN online: 978-1-6669-2018-5
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

Contemporary Cowboys: Reimagining an American Archetype in Popular Culture expands and develops an understanding of recent cultural shifts in representations of the American cowboy and “the West” as vital components of American identity and values. The chapters in this book examine they ways in which twenty-first century representations have updated the figure of the cowboy, considering not only traditionally analyzed sources, such as television, film, and literature, but also less studied areas such as comics, and music. The contributors probe the cowboy archetype and western mythology with critical theory, feminist critiques, philosophy, history, cultural analysis, and more.

Schlagworte

New American West American cowboy philosophy Urban cowboy comics contemporary western theory weird west

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Preface
1–10 The Gaucho in a Globalized World 1–10
11–30 The Philosophy of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian 11–30
31–66 Horse Sense 31–66
67–84 “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” 67–84
85–104 Can You Hear Me? 85–104
105–126 “I Can’t Go Back” 105–126
127–142 “They Forgot to Put in the Quit” 127–142
143–164 Slow Cowboys and New Men 143–164
165–184 Rewriting the Western Myth 165–184
185–198 The Lone Wolf and the Wild West 185–198
199–212 Deadwood’s Return to Authenticity 199–212
213–240 Semiotic Landscapes and Fallen Heroes 213–240
241–258 Graphic Evolutions 241–258
259–266 Index 259–266
267–270 About the Editor and Contributors 267–270

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