Zoot-Suit Riots The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation

Name: Zoot-Suit Riots The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation
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ISBN: 9780292798038

ISBN-10: 0292798032

ISBN-13: 9780292798038

Edition: 1984 (Reprint)

Authors: Mauricio Mazï¿½n, Mauricio Mazï¿½n

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"In the nascent field of Chicano history psychohistorical studies are not abundant. Thus Mazoacute;n makes an immense contribution to the study of the Mexican American." Arnoldo de Leoacute;n, American Historical Review Los Angeles, the summer of 1943. For ten days in June, Anglo servicemen and civilians clashed in the streets of the city with young Mexican Americans whose fingertip coats and pegged, draped trousers announced their rebellion. At their height, the riots involved several thousand men and women, fighting with fists, rocks, sticks, and sometimes knives. In the end none were killed, few were seriously injured, and property damage was slight and yet, even today, the zoot-suit…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/1/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 179
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



The Sleepy Lagoon Case



The ""Zoot Suit Yokum"" Conspiracy



Servicemen and Zoot-Suiters



The Zoot-Suit Riots



The Symbols, Imagery, and Rhetoric of the Riots



""The Hard to Get At""



Between Annihilation and Redemption


Appendices


Notes


Bibliography


Index