Flamboyant zoot suit culture; with its ties to fashion; jazz and swing music; jitterbug and Lindy Hop dancing; unique patterns of speech; and even risqué 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 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.
#705112 in Books Ann Aurelia Lopez 2007-06-05 2007-06-05Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x .91 x 5.80l; 1.12 #File Name: 0520250737361 pagesThe Farmworkers Journey
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Put the shoe of a farmwork on your foot. Try to experiance this kind of life and choices.By Julia BergThis book will educate you as to what is happening today with farm workers and danger they face just to stay alive and take care of their families. I wish thier lives were similar to year ago when they planted 3 crops at the same time. A life that was less dangerous. If only the big corporations had stayed out of the productive small farmers life. Read this book and get to know the lives of farm workers' today. The more you know; the more you can understand to help pass laws that makes farm workers' lives saver and have more human lives.
