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The Zoot-Suit Riots
The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation
Mauricio MazĂłn
- 179 pages
- English
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The Zoot-Suit Riots
The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation
Mauricio MazĂłn
Ă propos de ce livre
"The most incisive analytic study yet produced by a Chicano scholar... MazĂłn looks at the bloody incidents that erupted in Los Angeles during June, 1943." â California History 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 riots are remembered and hold emotional and symbolic significance for Mexican Americans and Anglos alike. The causes of the rioting were complex, as MazĂłn demonstrates in this illuminating analysis of their psychodynamics. Based in part on previously undisclosed FBI and military records, this engrossing study goes beyond sensational headlines and biased memories to provide an understanding of the zoot-suit riots in the context of both Mexican American and Anglo social history. "The latest scholarly work to probe the significance of the brawls that erupted in Los Angeles between uniformed servicemen and young Mexican-Americans in June, 1943... Mazon's contribution is a psychohistory of the riots in which he concludes that they were not as dangerous, or even riotous, as often portrayed." â Los Angeles Times "In the nascent field of Chicano history psychohistorical studies are not abundant. Thus MazĂłn makes an immense contribution to the study of the Mexican American." â American Historical Review
Foire aux questions
Informations
Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Sleepy Lagoon Case
- 3. The âZoot Suit Yokumâ Conspiracy
- 4. Servicemen and Zoot-Suiters
- 5. The Zoot-Suit Riots
- 6. The Symbols, Imagery, and Rhetoric of the Riots
- 7. âThe Hard to Get Atâ
- 8. Between Annihilation and Redemption
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index