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1、CowboyCultureCowboyCultureOutline:1.TheintroductionstoAmericancowboys2.Theoriginsoftheword“cowboy”3.Thecowboys'spirit4.Introductionstocowboyculture5.Resentsituation1.TheintroductionstoAmericancowboysCowboys,asalegend,playaimportantroleinAmerica.Theculturetheycreatedisquiteclassic,whichhasanfar-re
2、achingeffectonthewholeworldespeciallyonAmerica.Theword,"Cowboy",isinoriginoftheword"Vaquero"inHispaniccultures.In1846,awarbrokeoutbetweenAmericaandMexico.Ridiculously,America,asawinning,wasinvadedthoroughlybythecowboycultureofMexico.Thereweretwogroupsofcowboy.TheearlistgroupwereimmigrantsfromEuro
3、pe.AndanothergroupareHispanics.Asaresultoftheirtraditionalspirit,thecharactersofthelattergroupwereintelligent,gentle,boldandambitiouswhiletheformergroupwerejustavoidedthewarandnaturaldisasters.Infact,thecowboysdidnotbeaheroismasmoviesreflect.Accordingtothereality,cowboyswerefarmworkers,beingrespo
4、nsiblefortakingcareofcows.Theirjobswasthemostdangerousandhard,however,theygotthelowestpay.Butexactlyowingtotheirpioneeringspirit,itcanbespreadedalloverthecountryandhavebeenpreservedwelluntilnow.Andnowadays,thosestubborncowboyswholiveintheNewMexicoStateareHispanic.Thecowboycultureconsistofcowboys'
5、spirit,cowboys'images,cowboys'literatureandcowboys'filmsandclothesinmodernsociety.2.Theoriginsoftheword“cowboy”2.1EtymologyandmainstreamusageAcowboyisananimaiherderwhotendscattleonranchesinNorthAmerica,traditionallyonhorseback,andofte
6、nperformsamultitudeofotherranch-relatedtasks.ThehistoricAmericancowboyofthelate19thcenturyarosefromthevaquerotraditionsofnorthernMexicoandbecameafigureofspecialsignificanceandlegend.ThecowboyhasdeephistoricrootstracingbacktoSpainandtheearliestEuropeansettlersoftheAmericas.Overthecenturles,differe
7、ncesinterrain,climateandtheinfluenceofcattle-handingtraditionsfrommultipleculturescreatedseveraldistinctstylesofequipment,clothingandanimalhanding.Astheever-praclicalcowboyadaptedtothemodernworld,thecowboy’sequipmentan
