 Because the fascination both feels historical and ahistorical. There are lots of histories and legacies. And when we talk about cowboy here in America, we mean something really specific. Yes, we're thinking about a particular set of movies, a particular set of lineages and histories. What does it mean to be a person who then decides to put on a pair of chaps, put on a cowboy hat? What are we actually celebrating and what are we trying to reclaim?