The Dreary Life of the Cowboy: Memoir and Myth in Cowboy Ballads.

Pedersen, E. Martin

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ERIC Number: EJ546645

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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The Dreary Life of the Cowboy: Memoir and Myth in Cowboy Ballads.

Pedersen, E. Martin

Social Education, v61 n3 p130-38 Mar 1997

Contrasts the working life of the U.S. cowboy with the whitewashed myth promulgated throughout the media. Discovers some parallels between the nomadic loner embodying an individual code of honor and the Hollywood representation. Discusses the genesis of "the singing cowboy" and includes examples of the actual early ballads. (MJP)

Descriptors: Ballads, Cultural Images, Folk Culture, Legends, Mass Media Role, North American Culture, Popular Culture, Social History, Stereotypes, United States History, Work Experience

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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