Latina/os and World War II

Mobility, Agency, and Ideology
Herausgeber: Rivas-Rodríguez, Maggie

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book-length study of Latina/o experiences in World War II over a wide spectrum of identities and ancestries-from Cuban American, Spanish American, and Mexican American segments to the under-studied Afro-Latino experience-Latina/os and World War II probes the controversial aspects of Latina/o soldiering and citizenship in the war, the repercussions of which defined the West during the twentieth century. The editors also offer a revised, more accurate tabulation of the number of Latina/os who served in the war. Spanning imaginative productions, such as vaudeville and the masculinity of the soldado razo theatrical performances; military segregation and the postwar lives of veterans; Tejanas on the homefront; journalism and youth activism; and other underreported aspects of the wartime experience, the essays collected in this volume showcase rarely seen recollections. Whether living in Florida in a transformed community or deployed far from home (including Mexican Americans who were forced to endure the Bataan Death March), the men and women depicted in this collection yield a multidisciplinary, metacritical inquiry. The result is a study that challenges celebratory accounts and deepens the level of scholarly inquiry into the realm of ideological mobility for a unique cultural crossroads. Taking this complex history beyond the realm of war narratives, Latina/os and World War II situates these chapters within the broader themes of identity and social change that continue to reverberate in postcolonial lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9781477307625
• ISBN-10: 1477307621
• Artikelnr.: 42527848

Autorenporträt

Edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Navigating Bureaucratic Imprecision in the Search for an Accurate
Count of Latino/a Military Service in World War II
Karl Eschbach and Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Mapping Latina/o Mobility, Agency, and Ideology in the World
War II Era
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B. V. Olguín
Part I. Ideological Mobility
Chapter 1. Ybor City Goes to War: The Evolution and Transformation of a
“Latin” Community in Florida, 1886–1950
Gary R. Mormino
Chapter 2. Pvt. Evelio Grillo and Sgt. Norberto González: Afro-Latino
Experiences of War and Segregation
Frank André Guridy
Chapter 3. Higher Education, the GI Bill, and the Postwar Lives of Latino
Veterans and Their Families
Angélica Aguilar Rodríguez, Julian Vasquez Heilig, and Allison Prochnow
Chapter 4. Transnational Latino Soldiering: Military Service and Ethnic
Politics during World War II
Luís Alvarez
Chapter 5. “Intellectually He Was Courageous; in Public Action He Was
Cautious and Prudent”: A Reassessment of Carlos E. Castañeda’s Wartime
Service
Marianne M. Bueno
Part II. Cultural Agency
Chapter 6. The Mexican Voice Goes to War: Identities, Issues, and Ideas in
World War II–Era Mexican American Journalism and Youth Activism
Félix F. Gutiérrez
Chapter 7. “Capitán, ¿a qué huele la sangre?”: Mexicana/o Vaudeville and
Militarized Citizenship during World War II
Peter C. Haney
Chapter 8. “Con dolor de corazón”: Militarization and Transracial
Recognition among Mexican Americans and Filipinos in the Bataan Death March
Jordan Beltrán Gonzales
Chapter 9. Tejanas on the Home Front: Women, Bombs, and the (Re)Gendering
of War in Mexican American World War II Literature
Patricia Portales
Chapter 10. Interrogating the Soldado Razo: Masculinity, Soldiering, and
Ideology in Mexican American World War II Memoir and Theater
B. V. Olguín
Chapter 11. Seeking “America”: A Cuban Journey through the United States
and beyond during the World War II Era
Gerald E. Poyo
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Author Biographies
Index