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Zoot Suit & Other Plays
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Luis Valdez
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-04-30 - Publisher: Arte Publico Press

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This critically acclaimed play by Luis Valdez cracks open the depiction of Chicanos on stage, challenging viewers to revisit a troubled moment in our nationÕs
Zoot Suit
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Kathy Peiss
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-23 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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ZOOT SUIT (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit. —Cab Calloway, The Hepster's Dictionary, 1944 Before the fashion s
From Coveralls to Zoot Suits
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Elizabeth R. Escobedo
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-21 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shi
The Woman in the Zoot Suit
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Catherine S. Ramírez
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-16 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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The Mexican American woman zoot suiter, or pachuca, often wore a V-neck sweater or a long, broad-shouldered coat, a knee-length pleated skirt, fishnet stockings
Lizard in a Zoot Suit
Language: en
Pages: 147
Authors: Marco Finnegan
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-04 - Publisher: Graphic Universe

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Los Angeles, 1943. It's the era of the Zoot Suit Riots, and Flaca and Cuata have a problem. It's bigger than being grounded by their strict mother. It's bigger