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

"Flamboyant zoot suit culture, with its ties to fashion, jazz and swing music, jitterbug and Lindy Hop dancing, unique patterns of speech, and even risque experimentation with gender and sexuality, captivated the country's youth in the 1940s. The Power of the Zoot is the first book to give...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alvarez, Luis, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Colección:American crossroads ; 24.
Temas:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
1900-1999
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Youth > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Minority youth > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Fashion > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943.
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Jeunesse > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Jeunesse issue des minorités > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Procès de Sleepy Lagoon, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943.
Émeutes des Zoot Suit, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Fashion
Manners and customs
Popular culture
Race relations
Social aspects
Social conditions
Youth > Social life and customs
Jugendkultur
Widerstand
Ungdomskultur > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
United States > Social life and customs > 1918-1945.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1918-1945.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
California > Los Angeles
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Dignity denied : youth in the early war years.
  • Race and political economy
  • Class politics and juvenile delinquency
  • pt. 2. The struggle for dignity : Zoot style during World War II.
  • Zoot style and body politics
  • Zoots, jazz, and public space
  • pt. 3. 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.

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