The woman in the zoot suit : gender, nationalism, and the cultural politics of memory

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ramírez, Catherine Sue, 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Mexican American women > California > Los Angeles > Ethnic identity. Mexican American women > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions. Mexican American women > History > 20th century. Mexican American women > Social conditions. Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.

Table of 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.