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Author:

Ramírez, Catherine Sue, 1969-

Title:

The woman in the zoot suit : gender, nationalism, and the cultural politics of memory / Catherine S. Ramirez.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxvi, 229 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Mexican American women--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Ethnic identity.
Mexican American women--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
Mexican American women--History--20th century.
Mexican American women--Social conditions.
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.
Chicana.
Los Angeles <Calif.>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : a genealogy of vendidas -- Domesticating the pachuca -- Black skirts, dark slacks, and brown knees : pachuca style and spectacle -- During World War II-- Saying "nothin'" : pachucas and the languages of resistance -- La pachuca and the excesses of family and nation -- Epilogue : homegirls then and now, from the home front to the frontline.

ISBN:

0822343037 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822343035 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822342863 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822342861 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)272303247

LCCN:

2008041777

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)