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The power of the zoot : youth culture and resistance during World War II / Luis Alvarez

Catalog Data

Author:
Alvarez, Luis 1972-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 318 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2008
C2008
20th century
1918-1945
Contents:
Part I. Dignity denied: youth in the early war years : Race and political economy -- Class politics and juvenile delinquency -- Part II. The struggle for dignity: Zoot style during World War II : Zoot style and body politics -- Zoots, jazz, and public space -- Part III. Violence and national belonging on the home front : Zoot violence in Los Angeles -- Race riots across the United States -- Epilogue : From Zoot Suits to Hip-Hop
Topic:
Popular culture--History  Search this
Youth--Social life and customs  Search this
Minority youth--Social life and customs  Search this
Fashion--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects  Search this
Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943  Search this
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_904320