Fine Horses and Fair-Minded Riders: Modern Vaquero Horsemanship (vila Julianna)(Paperback)

What we currently call "horse whispering" has roots in a form of western horsemanship that traveled from Europe to Mexico and the United States, and was then transformed by Native Americans and working cowboys into Vaquero horsemanship. Fine Horses and Fair-Minded Riders: Modern Vaquero Horsemanship documents the learning and practice of Vaquero horsemanship, which has survived as a vibrant part of horse culture. In her study, vila first focused on participants in the southeastern United States before expanding to include their mentors from across the United States.vila characterizes what she found as "a collapse of distance" between geographical and cultural boundaries, digital and physical spaces, and, most significantly, horses and humans. Influenced by New Literacy scholarship and employing a sociocultural theoretical framework, vila explores self-directed
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