西部牛仔

1、AbouttheAmericanCowboyTheiginalAmericanIcon...AFTERTHEAMERICANCIVILWARtheycamefromtheeastwestsouthtowkonranchesdrivethetrailover50000rodetheherds.Becomingacowboybecameapassionamongsteasterncollegemen.Afewcowboysevencamef

2、romtheUnitedKingdomotherpartsofEurope.TheusualWildWestcowboygearconsistedofabridlesaddlerawhidelariatspursbootschapshattarpbuffalorobeblanketsmostimptant...aColt.45.Ratherthansettledisputeswithfistslikebackintheoldcountr

3、ymanyargumentsweresettledwiththeroarofasixshooterthemostpopularofwhichwastheColt.45a.k.a.“ThePeacemaker.“Anoldsayinggoes“AbeLincolnmayhavefreedallmenbutSamColtmadethemequal.“Somewerestillmeequalthanothersassomeofthemenbe

4、cameprofessionalgunslingers...“havegunwilltravel“wastheirmotto!WhileitstruethatsomewererustlersothersprofessionalgunfighterstheaverageAmericanCowboywasoftenlonelylivedinharshconditions...frequentlyexposedtodangerbutalway

5、skepttheirhumjokedabouteverything.Theydidn’tmakemuchmoneyenjoyedthesimplewayoflife.Theywerereservedaroundstrangersdidnottoleratemeannesscowardicedishonestychroniccomplainingmistreatmentoftheladyfolkwhowerescarceonthewild

6、frontier.ToughasnailsbutgeneroushospitablethesewerethetrueWildWestAmericanCowboys.AcowboyisananimalherderwhotendscattleonranchesinNthAmericatraditionallyonhsebackoftenperfmsamultitudeofotherranchrelatedtasks.ThehisticAme

7、ricancowboyofthelate19thcenturyarosefromthevaquerotraditionsofnthernMexicobecameafigureofspecialsignificancelegend.[1]Asubtypecalledawranglerspecificallytendsthehsesusedtowkcattle.Inadditiontoranchwksomecowboyswkfpartici

8、pateinrodeos.InInpopularpopularculturecultureentertainersthoseinthepublicarenawhowearwesternwearaspartoftheirpersona.HowevermanypeopleparticularlyintheWestwearelementsofWesternclothingparticularlycowboybootshatsasamatter

9、offmeventhoughtheyhaveotherjobsincludinglawyersbankersotherwhitecollarprofessionals.Converselysomepeopleraisedonranchesdonotnecessarilydefinethemselvescowboyscowgirlsunlesstheyfeeltheirprimaryjobistowkwithlivestockifthey

10、competeinrodeos.Actualcowboyshavederisiveexpressionsfindividualswhoadoptcowboymannerismsasafashionposewithoutanyactualunderstingoftheculture.Fexamplea“drugstecowboy“meanssomeonewhowearstheclothingbutcannotactuallyrideany

11、thingbutthestoolofthedrugstesodafountaininmoderntimesabarstool.Thephrase“allhatnocattle“isusedtodescribesomeone(usuallymale)whoboastsabouthimselffarinexcessofanyactualaccomplishments.Thewd“dude“(thenowarchaicterm“greenhn

12、“)indicatesanindividualunfamiliarwithcowboycultureespeciallyonewhoistryingtopretendotherwise.OutsideoftheUnitedStatesthecowboybecameanarchetypalsymbolofAmericanindividualism.Inthelate1950saCongoleseyouthsubculturecalling

13、themselvestheBillsbasedtheirstyleoutlookonHollywoodsdepictionofcowboysinmovies.Somethingsimilaroccurredwiththeterm“Apache“whichinearly20thcenturyParisiansocietywasaslangtermfanoutlaw編輯本段簡介對大多數(shù)美國人來說，乃至對世界上許多人來說，美國西部牛仔是具有英

14、雄主義和神秘色彩的人物。在文學(xué)、電影與電視作品中，牛仔通常都是頭戴墨西哥式寬沿高頂氈帽、腰挎柯爾特左輪連發(fā)手槍或肩扛溫徹斯特來復(fù)槍、身纏子彈帶、穿著牛仔褲皮上衣、以及束袖緊身多袋牛仔服、足蹬一雙飾有刺馬釘?shù)母咄财ぬ籽?、頸圍一塊色彩鮮艷奪目的印花大方巾、騎著快馬風(fēng)馳電掣，形象威猛而灑脫，是一種代表了典型的個人主義和自由精神的外在裝束。由于迭出不窮的西方電影以及各種平裝小說和電視節(jié)目的渲染，使得善良、干練、勇敢的西部牛仔備受歡迎。但是，真正