Charros: How Mexican Cowboys Are Remapping Race and American Identity Volume 54

by Laura Barraclough

In the American imagination, no figure is more central to national identity and the nation's origin story than the cowboy. Yet the Americans and Europeans who settled the U.S. West learned virtually everything they knew about ranching from the indigenous and Mexican horsemen who already inhabited the region. The charro--a skilled, elite, and landowning horseman--was an especially powerful symbol of Mexican masculinity and nationalism. After the 1930s,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520289129
• ISBN13: 9780520289123
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"