The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance During World War II
World War II, Customs and cultures, General non-fiction, Lifestyle
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Providing a new history of youth culture based on rare, in-depth interviews with former zoot-suiters, Luis Alvarez explores race, region, and the politics of culture in urban America during World War II. He argues that Mexican American and African American… youths, along with many nisei and white youths, used popular culture to oppose accepted modes of youthful behavior, the dominance of white middle-class norms, and expectations from within their own communities.
Title Details
ISBN
9780520253018
Publisher
University of California Press
Copyright Date
2008
Book number
316216