From coveralls to zoot suits : the lives of Mexican American women on the World War II home front /

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"During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to rethink notions of race. At this extraordinary historical moment, Mexican American women found...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Escobedo, Elizabeth Rachel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Temas:
1900-1999
Mexican American women > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mexican American women > Employment > California > Los Angeles > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > California > Los Angeles.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > California > Los Angeles.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Los Angeles > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine > Travail > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Femmes > Californie > Los Angeles.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des civils > Californie > Los Angeles.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Californie > Los Angeles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Mexican American women > Employment
Mexican American women > Social conditions
Social aspects
War work
Women
California > Los Angeles
History
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Sumario:"During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to rethink notions of race. At this extraordinary historical moment, Mexican American women found new means to exercise control over their lives in the home, workplace, and nation. In From Coveralls to Zoot Suits, Elizabeth R. Escobedo explores how, as war workers and volunteers, dance hostesses and zoot suiters, respectable young ladies and rebellious daughters, these young women used wartime conditions to serve the United States in its time of need and to pursue their own desires. But even after the war, as Escobedo shows, Mexican American women had to continue challenging workplace inequities and confronting family and communal resistance to their broadening public presence. Highlighting seldom heard voices of the 'Greatest Generation,' Escobedo examines these contradictions within Mexican families and their communities, exploring the impact of youth culture, outside employment, and family relations on the lives of women whose home-front experiences and everyday life choices would fundamentally alter the history of a generation."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations
Premios:International Latino Book Award, 2015 - Best History Book - English.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469602066
1469602067
9781469608242
1469608243

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