The power of the zoot : youth culture and resistance during World War II / Luis Alvarez.
2008
E169 .A45 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
The power of the zoot : youth culture and resistance during World War II / Luis Alvarez.
Author
Alvarez, Luis, 1972-
ISBN
9780520253018 (alk. paper)
0520253019 (alk. paper)
0520253019 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E169 .A45 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.0973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-304) and index.
Series
American crossroads ; 24
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Table of 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.
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.