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The Mexican American Woman Zoot Suiter, Or Pachuca, Often Wore A V-neck Sweater Or A Long, Broad-shouldered Coat, A Knee-length Pleated Skirt, Fishnet Stockings Or Bobby Socks, Platform Heels Or Saddle Shoes, Dark Lipstick, And A Bouffant. Or She Donned The Same Style Of Zoot Suit That Her Male Counterparts Wore. With Their Striking Attire, Pachucos And Pachucas Represented A New Generation Of Mexican American Youth, Which Arrived On The Public Scene In The 1940s. Yet While Pachucos Have Often Been The Subject Of Literature, Visual Art, And Scholarship, The Woman In The Zoot Suit Is The First Book Focused On Pachucas. Two Events In Wartime Los Angeles Thrust Young Mexican American Zoot Suiters Into The Media Spotlight. In The Sleepy Lagoon Incident, A Man Was Murdered During A Mass Brawl In August 1942. Twenty-two Young Men, All But One Of Mexican Descent, Were Tried And Convicted Of The Crime. In The Zoot Suit Riots Of June 1943, White Servicemen Attacked Young Zoot Suiters, Particularly Mexican Americans, Throughout Los Angeles. The Chicano Movement Of The 1960s-1980s Cast These Events As Key Moments In The Political Awakening Of Mexican Americans And Pachucos As Exemplars Of Chi

Who reads The Woman in the Zoot Suit : Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Memory?

Author

Ramírez, Catherine S.

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822342861

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, History, Social Sciences

Rating

3.81 / 5 (67 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13