Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L. A.

Name: Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L. A.
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ISBN: 9780807854945

ISBN-10: 0807854948

ISBN-13: 9780807854945

Edition: 2003

Authors: Eduardo Obregï¿½n Pagï¿½n, Eduardo Obregï¿½n Pagï¿½n

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The notorious 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon" murder trial in Los Angeles concluded with the conviction of seventeen young Mexican American men for the alleged gang slaying of fellow youth Jose Diaz. Just five months later, the so-called Zoot Suit Riot erupted, as white soldiers in the city attacked minority youths and burned their distinctive zoot suits. Eduardo Obregon Pagan here provides the first comprehensive social history of both the trial and the riot and argues that they resulted from a volatile mix of racial and social tensions that had long been simmering. In reconstructing the lives of the murder victim and those accused of the crime, Pagan contends that neither the convictions (which were…

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List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 11/24/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: The Sleepy Lagoon Mystery



Make Noise Broken Windows



Introduction



Genealogy of a Crisis



The Life and Times of Jose Diaz



La Vida Dura



The People v. Zammora et al



Dangerous Fashion



The Significance of the Pachuco as a General Category and Conception



Shouting Curses on the Street



Wars of Resistance



Days of Riot



The Violent Poetry of the Times



Uneasy Truce


Epilogue: Who Killed Jose Diaz?



A Note on Terminology and Methodology


Notes


Bibliography


Index