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The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II
Luis Alvarez
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Description for The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II
Paperback. Offering a history of youth culture based on interviews with former zoot-suiters, this book explores race, region, and the politics of culture in urban America during World War II. It 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. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Flamboyant zoot suit culture, with its ties to fashion, jazz and swing music, jitterbug and Lindy Hop dancing, unique patterns of speech, and even risque experimentation with gender and sexuality, captivated the country's youth in the 1940s. "The Power of the Zoot" is the first book to give national consideration to this famous phenomenon. 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 ... Read more
Flamboyant zoot suit culture, with its ties to fashion, jazz and swing music, jitterbug and Lindy Hop dancing, unique patterns of speech, and even risque experimentation with gender and sexuality, captivated the country's youth in the 1940s. "The Power of the Zoot" is the first book to give national consideration to this famous phenomenon. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
American Crossroads
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520261549
SKU
V9780520261549
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About Luis Alvarez
Luis Alvarez is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.
Reviews for The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II
"Diligently charts a culture's exemplar, the zoot suit, and connects it to modern fashion and music ... It is a compelling window into the U.S. in the war years as seen from a much different point of view." The Morning News "Deserves much credit for analyzing youth fashion during the era of swing jazz as a national phenomenon ." The ... Read more