ISBN:
9780520253018
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (337 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Serie:
American Crossroads v.24
Paralleltitel:
Print version The Power of the Zoot : Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II
DDC:
306.0973
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Flamboyant zoot suit culture, with its ties to fashion, jazz and swing music, jitterbug and Lindy Hop dancing, unique patterns of speech, and even risqué experimentation with gender and sexuality, captivated the country's youth in the 1940s. The Power of the Zoot is the first book to give national consideration to this famous phenomenon. Providing a new history of youth culture based on rare, in-depth interviews with former zoot-suiters, Luis Alvarez explores race, region, and the politics of culture in urban America during World War II. He argues that Mexican American and African American you
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments and Dedication; Introduction; PART ONE: DIGNITY DENIED; 1. Race and Political Economy; 2. Class Politics and Juvenile Delinquency; PART TWO: THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY; 3. Zoot Style and Body Politics; 4. Zoots, Jazz, and Public Space; PART THREE: VIOLENCE AND NATIONAL BELONGING ON THE HOME FRONT; 5. Zoot Violence in Los Angeles; 6. Race Riots across the United States; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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